User talk:Fastily/Archive 6

Nomination of Copyfree for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Copyfree is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Copyfree (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. — Keφr 18:01, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Non-free historic image license tag

Hello, I'm a little bit confused with this license tag for when it is valid and when it is not? The only thing I understand that it is not suitable for the Commons, but when it is valid in Wikipedia? There are some photos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1948_Swallow_downwind.jpg or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chrisye_in_1977.jpg uploaded with the rationale of "Identification of singer during his early career" or "The image is used to show the Gold medal winner of the 1948 Olympic Sailing at Torbay, a subject of public interest. The significance of the picture is to help the reader grab the atmosphere of the event in a way that words alone could not convey". I'm currently heavily and almost completely reworking the Lithuania national basketball team article and the historic pictures of the awarding ceremonies would be really useful in it. Though, I'm unable to find any free pictures of some moments and consider using a few copyrighted pictures with this license tag. I already tried uploading some of such pictures in the past and all of them were deleted. Could you please explain me when this tag is valid? The documentation of it is kind of difficult to understand. Could I use, for example, these pictures: fucking assholes need to get a life!!!!

• In EuroBasket 2003 section (not expanded it yet): http://www.fibaeurope.com/files/%7B0DFB9A41-0EAD-4461-A54C-7BC7E5407D81%7Dlarge_h.jpg or http://www.fibaeurope.com/files/%7BB7121D46-306B-4DA7-9114-2A4B83AA2702%7Dlarge_h.jpg or another one extracted from book which shows the meeting of the team (Lithuania won the competition that year and these pictures shows the Lithuania national team players after the successful final game)
• Pictures taken after the EuroBasket 2007 bronze medals game can be found there: http://www.uch.lt/2007/09/17/eurobasket.html and would improve that section greatly.
• I also consider extracting the unsuccessful Šarūnas Jasikevičius shot when the clock was running down as picture from the video recording of the 2000 Summer Olympics semi-final versus the United States national team. At some point the close-up view is shown and after it, Jasikevičius' upset is displayed (he rests one of the advertising boards and drops his head down). If his shot would have been accurate, Lithuania would have advanced into the Olympic final for the first time.
• It is also possible to extract some photos from books with the awarding ceremonies in 1992 Olympic Games and 2000 Olympic Games.
• There also is no illustration from the EuroBasket 2013 awarding ceremony where Lithuanians became the European vice-champions. Could this picture be used: http://www.sekunde.lt/media/2013/09/LT.jpg ?

-- Pofka (talk) 19:32, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Deletion review for File:Stooky.JPG

An editor has asked for a deletion review of File:Stooky.JPG. 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. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 22:32, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

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Please re-instate article The Iguanas (Michigan band) or at least have its info. merged into the Iggy Pop article

Because the article on Iggy Pop's early band was deleted, we can no longer access any information about this band on English Wiki. Right now the Iggy Pop article says absolutely nothing about this band, even though they are well-known to garage rock collectors and aficionados. They recorded several records, which are included on several compilations. And, I believe that they have an album. The tragedy of such deletions is that they effectively kill off historical scholarship that editors have worked hard to compile. Obviously, it should be expected that any article, even one covering an obscure topic, should be well-sourced. Iggy Pop is famous enough that an article on his early band should be considered worthwhile, provided it is well-sourced. In all likelihood, the problem was not the article itself, but its title: it was inaccessible because it did not mention Iggy Pop in the title. The title should have read The Iguanas (60s band with Iggy Pop), or something to that effect. There is a Spanish article on the band (and in other languages), but none in English, the home nation of this band. Could Wiki please re-instate the article, for the sake of editors and readers who want to know more about this band? Not having it makes our work so much harder. If Wiki cannot bring back the article, then at least merge its content into the Iggy Pop article. Please. Garagepunk66 (talk) 17:57, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Merovingian200px.png

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Saints Row

Hi there, I was wondering, would you be able to, or know how to restore File:Saints Row logo.png as I would like to make use of it on the Saints Row (series) page. Thanks CDRL102 (talk) 12:33, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Fastily has retired so you may need to ask another admin but File:Saints Row Current Logo.png exists in the article so your request may be redundant. Good luck @CDRL102:. ww2censor (talk) 14:18, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Alderaan250ppx.PNG

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Ellipse

Your user page shows an ellipse and two points. However, those two points are not the focus points of the ellipse. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 02:55, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

I believe that is intentional. — Earwig ^talk 01:21, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

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You were involved on an issue. Therefore, I invite you to commons:COM:Undeletion requests/Current requests#File:Aboriginal Flag 02.jpg. --George Ho (talk) 19:12, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

I'm no longer active at Commons, but thank you for the note anyways. Best, FASTILY 10:14, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

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Withdraw your notice

The Shatner image is my image - I am the copyright holder - I shot the footage while visiting Bill's farm, digitized the image and uploaded it to Commons under a CC-BY-SA 3.0. Please withdraw your dispute. [1] Atsme^📞📧 01:36, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying :) -FASTILY 06:23, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

F4 taggings

Greetings, I have noticed you've been tagging files for deletion because of lack of sources. In some cases (e.g File:Ice storm sheath.jpg) I could find the source out (in that case, it was a self photography as said on the userpage of the uploader Ke4roh) so I have removed the deletion tags. Also, it may be advisable that you message the uploader when tagging an image for deletion, sometimes they can clarify the issue.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 12:19, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks to both of you for your efforts. Way back when I uploaded that picture twelve years ago, the attribution method was different, so it hadn't been tagged in exactly the same way as newer contributions. -- ke4roh (talk) 19:38, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

F11 taggings

Note that WP:F11 states that files are eligible "seven days after notification". I see that you have tagged a lot of files with {{di-no permission}} but marked the templates with the date of tagging instead of the date of notification, which is a different date. This seems to create backlogs in Category:Wikipedia files missing permission because it is difficult to identify the correct date of notification when the template contains the wrong date. Please fix your F11 tags so that they indicate the date of notification (which seems to be some unknown date in the future). --Stefan2 (talk) 12:01, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Ah, you're quite right. I'll get on that, thanks for letting me know -FASTILY 04:54, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

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File:KSP space station.png

Hi, Fastily. I noticed you copied this file to Commons. I had a look at the Flickr source page, and the Flickr user describes the image as a screenshot. In fact it's a screenshot from a copyrighted space flight simulator game called Kerbal Space Program. Accordingly I'm going to nominate the image for deletion. -- Rrburke (talk) 16:43, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know! I had no idea KSP stood for Kerbal Space Program. Cheers, FASTILY 22:59, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

John S Marr.png

I've talked with Marr. He says the picture was essentially given to him. It was taken under his instruction anyway, in Egypt, during filming of the documentary. Should I change the copyright information to reflect that? juanTamad (talk) 01:33, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Great, thanks for looking into that! Since Mr. Marr is the copyright holder, but has authorized you to upload the file to Wikipedia, would you also be able to forward a copy of your correspondence with him, or provide some documentation of this fact to our OTRS team at permissions-en@wikimedia.org so that Wikipedia has this information on file? Regards, FASTILY 21:25, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Deleting notifications on talk pages

I don't really care about this image being deleted, but you may want to reconsider deleting auto-generated notifications. It almost appears like you don't want users to know what you and your bot are up to so they can't contest it.Mattnad (talk) 12:56, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

No, that is simply untrue. FastilyBot provides courtesy notifications to uploaders whose files are nominated for deletion. Aside from a few specific cases, there is no mandatory obligation for any user (or bot) to leave these notifications. If you had done your research, you would have observed that this bot task is still in trial. The bot was making mistakes (notifying users who had already been notified) for F7-related nominations, so I have disabled this functionality and reverted its edits. I am glad to see that it provided a proper notification for you, but it did not do so for others (e.g. 1, 2) -FASTILY 21:46, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

KeepLocal

@Fastily: Is the listing of Category:Wikipedia files on Wikimedia Commons for which a local copy has been requested to be kept here actually right? That category lists all files for which a local copy is wanted, which is not the same thing as "don't put this on Commons".Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 18:34, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

I think it is. You'll find that {{Keep local}} is applied to files that are already on Commons, or in cases where the uploader has no interest in having the file on Commons (e.g. 1). -FASTILY 07:46, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Not all of them are, though. And the template does explicitly say "local copy be kept too".Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:57, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Sure, if you think a file is useful for Commons but is tagged {{Keep Local}}, then you can force the bot to ignore it by adding {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons|human=YOUR_USERNAME}}. -FASTILY 23:25, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Notify users

I'm an active user, so it would be common courtesy to notify me when you nominate a bunch of files for deletion. It's not like I'm inactive and haven't edited for years.Niteshift36 (talk) 03:38, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Apologies, I was preoccupied with something else, so I didn't get around to it immediately. But it's clear to me now that it wouldn't have mattered anyways, since you seem to have the files on your watch list and are online 24/7. -FASTILY 04:01, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Courtesy wouldn't matter because I found out myself? Love that logic. I don't know why you decided to pick on all my files and suddenly accuse me of lying, but I can see why you wouldn't want to bring my attention to it. Niteshift36 (talk) 04:31, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

No. There is no policy-mandated obligation to leave courtesy notifications, and I never said that I wasn't originally going to do it. Also, I have not accused you of lying, as I have clearly stated here. Please kindly do not put words in my mouth, thank you -FASTILY 05:15, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Let me back-track.... When you tag bombed so many of my files at once, it did come across as an attack. It may not have been intended that way, but it came off that way and then not being notified just added to it. I apologize for not assuming more good faith. Niteshift36 (talk) 18:28, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, I came here and tried to make this less adversarial and then you come to my page and tell me that you "don't wish to repeat yourself" like you're my mother or something. Then you retag everything before I have a day off to do what you're personally demanding. Niteshift36 (talk) 00:27, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

I do not know why you insist on treating this as an 'adversarial' interaction. It is not. I identified a copyright concern with some of your uploads, and you were able to fix them. Plain and simple. Nonetheless, I'm glad to see that you resolved the aforementioned source problems; thank you for doing that. Regards, FASTILY 05:22, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Question

Hi Fastily. I received a note from Wikipedia re an edit to an image I uploaded by Fastily Bot but am not sure what the edit is....forgive me but I am not a professional wikipedian, but someone learning step by step. If you could advise what the implications of this edit are, and whether it means there is anything else I need to act on, I would be most grateful. See the note below:

The Wikipedia page File:Gillies MacBean, Clan Chattan regiment, at Culloden.jpg has been changed on 22 March 2016 by FastilyBot, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gillies_MacBean,_Clan_Chattan_regiment,_at_Culloden.jpg for the current revision.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Gillies_MacBean,_Clan_Chattan_regiment,_at_Culloden.jpg&diff=next&oldid=557505552 to view this change.

Many thanks. Fferllys (talk) 17:41, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

It doesn't look like you have to do anything. You're all set! :) -FASTILY 21:30, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Many thanks, much appreciated....still not sure what the edit was about but happy to hear all's fine. Fferllys (talk) 21:05, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

FastilyBot 6

Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/FastilyBot 6 has been approved - happy editing. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:09, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! -FASTILY 08:23, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Wonder what other bot plans you have.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:39, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Anything I can think of that will make life easier :) Do you have any suggestions on what I could do next? -FASTILY 08:45, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

I was more asking. I was wondering at time about a bot to tag files which shadow a file on Commons that is different as {{ShadowsCommons}} but when I floated it to Stefan2 s/he did raise concerns about it here.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:41, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

User:Jo-Jo Eumerus, I'm not sure why you are so urgently trying to solve the {{ShadowsCommons}} conflicts. It is a problem which needs to be handled carefully as files may end up with incorrect source and copyright information if not handled correctly, and your apparent rush to immediately resolve all conflicts risks leaving problems undiscovered if users start moving around files without checking properly. I've seem multiple examples of users moving files when a different solution would have been better. Filename conflicts do not actually need to be resolved until someone wants to use the Commons files on Wikipedia, so there is no immediate urgency to fix everything. Please leave the untagged files for now. Besides, there are so few remaining untagged files that a human could go through them in a few hours. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:59, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

@Stefan2: Eh, I don't think it's an urgent issue, just something I had a question about. I also don't believe that the risk of problems that results from filemoves is as bad as you say, but I don't feel strongly over this.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 18:11, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

FYI Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/FastilyBot 7 is also approved now. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:54, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! -FASTILY 01:16, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

File:Lauren Wildbolz.jpg

Hi, File:Lauren Wildbolz.jpg is intentionally tagged as copy to commons AND keep local, is there some way to tell the bot that it is intentional? Or to tell me that it's mutually exclusive… –Be..anyone (talk) 05:23, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Yes, use the human parameter like so: {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons|human=YOUR_USERNAME}}. However, as per your edit summary here, I'm inclined to agree that the file may not be free, and have nominated it for discussion via FFD. Regards, FASTILY 10:28, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

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File:Aerial view of Eluru.png

About Speedy deletion request for File:Aerial view of Eluru.png

That is entirely my own work. So, as per wikipedia rules, I can Display it anywhere.--Imahesh3847 (talk) 11:52, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi Imahesh3847. The file isn't up for speedy deletion, let alone deletion at all. Regards, FASTILY 20:43, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks! :) -FASTILY 21:39, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

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User talk:Tapan Ahmed

Your bot posted {{di-no license-notice}} to this talk page but forgot to include the file name. Any idea why? If it was about File:F.e. image=DETECTIVE.pdf, then note that you need to use {{subst:di-no license-notice|1=File:F.e. image=DETECTIVE.pdf}}, not {{subst:di-no license-notice|File:F.e. image=DETECTIVE.pdf}}. Otherwise, your bot will fail whenever the file name contains an = sign. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:55, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Yes the image= was tricking {{di-no license-notice}} into thinking that File:F.e. image= was the parameter name. I'll have the bot use 1=. Thanks for letting me know! -FASTILY 19:08, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Special:Diff/719845266

The file has not been deleted on Commons. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:26, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

You're right! The was a bug in the bot's code that was causing it to look at c:File:Royal Order of The Engabu, Sash & Breast star.jpg (which is deleted) instead of c:File:Royal Order of The Engabu.jpg (the Commons copy of the file). Thanks for letting me know! -FASTILY 19:52, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

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FastilyBot ignore setting?

Is there a setting to make FastilyBot refrain from tagging File:Logo of the Kokoda Track Foundation.png with "BOT: Tag file with copyright status conflict"? See the "Other information" section at the file's page and the discussion at WP:Media copyright questions#Copyright status conflict? for the reason why it's tagged with both. Mojoworker (talk) 17:57, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

This particular task is exclusion compliant, however I don't see why you'd have to use it in the first place. Per the discussion you linked, the file appears to be in the Public Domain and [also] eligible for Commons -FASTILY 23:49, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. After additional input at the the MCQ discussion linked above, I think it's safe to tag as {{PD-USonly}} or {{PD-URAA}}, but not eligible for Commons. Mojoworker (talk) 14:59, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

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Your bot task request #9 has been approved. Happy editing, — xaosflux ^Talk 22:38, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! -FASTILY 22:41, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

Fbot

Hi Fastily. Is there any chance you could run Fbot again to check for orphaned free files? It would help to eliminate previously tagged files that are now in use, and catch any files that have been orphaned since last time. Cloudbound (talk) 20:23, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Sure thing, I've filed a BRFA to get this running under FastilyBot -FASTILY 21:54, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Great, thanks. Cloudbound (talk) 14:26, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

F8 license question

While working on the F8 backlog, Category:Wikipedia files with the same name on Wikimedia Commons as of 10 June 2016 I see that:

• File:Earlandgirlaust.jpg
• File:Janeannieprog.jpg
• File:LJSheppardcover.jpg
• File:Maidof1.jpg
• File:MrJerichoa.jpg

all have a pd license in en.wiki,

• Four have {{PD-US-1923-abroad}}
• One has {{PD-US}}

but none of the Commons versions has a license. While it is not hard to add one, I note all were transferred by Fastilyclone, so wanted to check to see if that bot needs a tweak, or if I missed something.--S Philbrick(Talk) 15:24, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

The original uploader, Ssilvers, probably intended to add a PD-text license to the files on Commons, but mistyped the template (example); I've gone ahead and fixed instances of this. I think File:Earlandgirlaust.jpg, File:Janeannieprog.jpg, File:LJSheppardcover.jpg, and File:Maidof1.jpg are fine for Commons. File:MrJerichoa.jpg might not be, so I have corrected the local license, and flagged the Commons file for deletion. Regards, FASTILY 22:13, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

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Happy template editing! Biblio (talk) 01:14, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! :) -FASTILY 01:15, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

I immediately recognized your username and I knew that you were a former admin. I was surprised to learn that you had returned, though, since I've been away for quite a while myself. Welcome back! Biblio (talk) 01:19, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm definitely not as active as I used to be, but I still try to help out when I can :) -FASTILY 08:33, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

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File:Georgian_Cuisine_Collage.png

This file does not need extra permission. Once I asked admin of that web-site to change their copyright and after that they placed CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE on their page. You can check yourself ► https://georgianrecipes.net/2013/03/29/imeruli-imeretian-khachapuri/ (their licence is this: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)) --g. balaxaZe★ 12:53, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying, I have removed the deletion tag and updated the description page accordingly! :) -FASTILY 07:14, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/FastilyBot 11 has been approved. — xaosflux ^Talk 02:07, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! -FASTILY 07:14, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Unprotection request

Hi Fastily, as you are active and running bot tasks here on enwiki - is it OK to remove protection from your user talk page? — xaosflux ^Talk 02:08, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Sure, that's no problem -FASTILY 07:14, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

 Done — xaosflux ^Talk 11:42, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Special:Diff/726400713

You wrote pd text logos *do* require a source. Where do you find that rule? WP:F4 only applies if there is no copyright tag or insufficient information to demonstrate that the copyright tag is correct. If a file clearly is a PD-textlogo, then the file is in the public domain regardless of whether it has a source or not, so evidence of the copyright status does not depend on whether we have a source or not. Note that F4 exclusively deals with copyright. Other aspects related to the file, such as whether we want to include it in an article or not, may depend on other criteria. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:16, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/FastilyBot 10

Hello Fastily, task #10 was approved. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:03, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! -FASTILY 20:21, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Template:Orphan image

I've suggested {{Orphan image}}, used by your bot, for deletion at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2016 July 4#Template:Orphan image. I think that it's actively harmful: There are many good reasons why an image should definitely not be moved to commons but shouldn't be considered for deletion here. (As listed in detail there) Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 13:33, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

I have reported a possible problem at Wikipedia:Bot owners' noticeboard#BOT malfunctioning?. Thincat (talk) 15:32, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the notifications. I'll respond at each discussion accordingly. -FASTILY 21:03, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

FFD nominations

Greetings, I've seen that you have been nominating files for discussion, often without notifying the original uploader even when they are still active. They often have useful insight into how an image was formed. Can you please remember to notify them every time? Thanks! Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:53, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

File:City council proclaims champions day.jpg

Can you explain what's missing re: the picture I uploaded? File:City council proclaims champions day.jpg You marked that it has no source information, but I've indicated that the source is the City of Detroit's gov't. What more is needed? RedRamage (talk) 01:47, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Do you have a source link or a document number, pointing to the location that the document may be found? Thanks, FASTILY 09:29, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

I don't have either. The file was emailed to me by an author who used it in his book. It was email to me to be used with the Champions Day wiki entry. I guess I'm a bit confused on what "source" means here. The document was essentially a press release by the city gov't of Detroit, MI back in 1936. When I need to provide source information, would that be "proof" that the Detroit City Gov't really issued this document? Or is the source the author who provided me a scan of the document? I understand that Wikipedia needs to be sure that everything is documented and accurate and all that... I just want to make sure I'm providing the right info to make this legit. Thanks for your help! RedRamage (talk) 13:28, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

It looks like another user has found an online version and addressed the issue. However, for future reference, 'source' refers to a citation/reference that could be used to verify the copyright status of the file. This could be a document number, URL, book citation, etc, that has information about the origin and/or authorship information of an image -FASTILY 06:08, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

VPT

If you don't get an answer soon, my impression is that Ariel Glenn may be able to help.--S Philbrick(Talk) 16:13, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointer! I'll try asking if nobody responds to the VPT thread -FASTILY 06:08, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

Image without inbound file usage

File:Gobi Desert screenshots.pdf, which I uploaded, was recently tagged by your bot because it has no inbound file links. This is correct, but only because I provided a non-image link ([[:File:filename...) when using it in a discussion. I see that the tag isn't intended to mark images as problematic, so my only reason for coming here is to ask whether it would be relevant to the site statistics to include images that are actively linked on project pages, and if so, would you consider instructing the bot not to tag images when they have "ordinary" inbound links. No need to respond, since this is merely a suggestion, and it doesn't matter to me whether you love my idea or find it stupid. Nyttend (talk) 19:04, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. You might also be interested in an ongoing TFD regarding {{Orphan image}}. Regards, FASTILY 06:08, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

Playing card images

I usually don't upload images, but are you disputing the images because they have no use for the articles they're placed in? VegasCasinoKid (talk) 13:39, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

I've launched a discussion on on the article's talkpage. You can reply there. VegasCasinoKid (talk) 13:46, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Good to see you back!

Hey Fastily, You probably remember me as Skater. Im returning to the project and wanted to give you a nice welcome back to the project. I hope you dont mind if i bounce some image review questions of you as I get back in the swing of things. Regards,--Church ^Talk 13:11, 13 July 2016 (UTC) Church ^Talk 13:11, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Church! I'm not nearly as active as I used to be, but I still try to help whenever I can 😀 -FASTILY 08:48, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

MTC

Hi Fastily, i saw files uploaded to Commons like this one or this one which incorrectly handeled the not-existing parameter "Location" resp. "Year". Could you please fix this? --Arnd (talk) 05:28, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

A small thought for TFDs

Hello, I saw your recent nominations at today's TFD nominations, and I thought I would comment. If you are nominating multiple templates for identical reasons, it is best to combine them into one nomination so other users do not have to make the same !vote four or five times. Of course, if you feel that some of the templates in a group like that might survive, you are welcome to nominate them separately, but in general grouping is preferred. Cheers, Primefac (talk) 20:24, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

It's the former; assuming anybody feels strongly about keeping one or more of these templates, I'd like to make the closing admin's job as non-confusing as possible -FASTILY 01:12, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

You've got mail!

Hello, Fastily. Please check your email; you've got mail!
Message added 17:33, 20 July 2016 (UTC). It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

No rush, just when you have a moment. Church ^Talk 17:33, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

Responded one more time when you have a moment. Thanks,--Church ^Talk 16:19, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

File:Senator Johns discusses plans 1963.jpg

Did you read the following on the image page, which another editor posted?

The use of photographs and other materials in the custody of the State Archives of Florida is governed by state law and, in some cases, by the terms of the donation agreement under which the Archives acquired the images. In accordance with the provisions of Section 257.35(6), Florida Statutes, "Any use or reproduction of material deposited with the Florida Photographic Collection shall be allowed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1)(b) and subsection (4), provided that appropriate credit for its use is given." Please contact the Archives if you have any questions regarding the credit and use of any material presented on this Web site.

Additionally a direct request to the Florida Archives, specifically concerning use on Wikipedia / Wikicommons (13 May 2008) elicited the following response:

You may use any of the images posted on the Florida Memory Project website. The State Archives of Florida is not aware of any copyright issues with any of the images.

So in this author's opinion (Andy Dingley 2:35 pm, 12 May 2008, Monday (8 years, 2 months, 17 days ago) (UTC−5)) , that all meets the constraints of {CC-by-sa}, to a level appropriate for any reasonable expectation of the Wikimedia project, in terms of observing the copyright of others.

The photo is NOT credited to any photographer; the Florida Archives own the photo, and they say it's fine to use here. If the above statement from the Florida Archives isn't sufficient, then do what you like with it. I have better things to do than go crazy trying to figure out the byzantine wiki copyright policies, especially EIGHT YEARS after I posted a picture. Textorus (talk) 04:41, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

File:Political world2.jpg

You tagged File:Political world2.jpg as no source, but it is pretty clear that the source is CIA world factbook. Anyway it is getting the copy for already being on commons. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:34, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

Bar Harbor Flight 1808 Flight Track.gif

Your nomination for deletion of was undone on August 4th and the image has been restored. You specified that this image lacked source information, even though at the time of your edit, a source was clearly provided in the description.

{{Information
|Description= Flight Track of Bar Harbor Flight 1808 Accident
|Source= National Transportation Safety Board
|Date= September 30, 1986
|Location=
|Author=NTSB
|Permission=
|other_versions=
|url= http://amelia.db.erau.edu/reports/ntsb/aar/AAR86-06.pdf
}}

You cited: Wikipedia:CSD#F4. I believe that you are misinterpreting CSD#F4 or applying a standard higher than what is intended. The source does not have to be a person, it can be a company or a government agency. "NTSB" was provided which is a US government agency. A url was also provided, even though that link may no longer be active (it was found on archive.org), it still constitutes a source. Another admin was able to verify the source and copywrite status within a few minutes. Therefore this was not an appropriate use of CDS#F4 or a request for speed deletion. Such a request is only appropriate if absolutely "no source" information is provided. Per CDS#F4: "Administrators should check the upload summary, file information page, and the image itself for a source before deleting under this criterion." If you disagree with the validity of a source, it should undergo the normal Wikipedia:Deletion_process#Deletion_discussions

Dspark76 (talk) 11:44, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

MTC! question

Does MTC! comply with the bot policy? I'm not certain it does. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 19:21, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

BAGBot: Your bot request FastilyBot 12

Someone has marked Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/FastilyBot 12 as needing your input. Please visit that page to reply to the requests. Thanks! AnomieBOT⚡ 05:09, 12 August 2016 (UTC) To opt out of these notifications, place {{bots|optout=operatorassistanceneeded}} anywhere on this page.

File:David Gitin Author Photo Rio 1980.jpg

Hi Fastily. You've tagged File:David Gitin Author Photo Rio 1980.jpg for speedy per WP:F7, but apparently David Gitin died in June 2015, which means that this photo may not qualify as replaceable fair use per No. 10 of WP:NFCI. Just for reference, I also tagged the file as rfu, but removed it based upon this edit by the file's uploader and the discussion at User talk:BlueWind13#Blue Wind Press. The WP:F6 issue, however, is still unresolved and the uploader has already been advised to provide an appropriate non-free use rationale. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:33, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

I've removed the rfu tag, thanks for letting me know! -FASTILY 03:23, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

No worries Fastily. It looks like you forgot to notify the uploader of the F6 speedy deletion tag. As I posted above, I've left a note for him about this, but only in passing. Maybe the notification template would be better? -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:56, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

MTC! feature request

Would it be possible to implement an option by which admins could directly delete as F8 instead of tagging? ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 04:00, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

Sure, I'll see what I can do -FASTILY 03:19, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

MTC!

I'm rather concerned about an aspect of this, though it generally looks like a good thing. Specifically, it seems as if this could be (mistakenly, or maliciously) used to export 'massive' numbers of files (tens of thousands) to Commons if run on certain categories or templates, with very little effort. Something like that, even if a mistake, could possibly require a huge amount of cleanup work. Revent^talk 08:31, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

I'm skeptical about the potential for abuse because a) it's an obscure tool dedicated to a very specific backlog, b) few people possess sufficient upload bandwidth to cause "massive" damage in this context, and c) even if they did, I'm fairly certain they would be blocked within minutes. Ok, I'm done bean stuffing. -FASTILY 03:19, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Denys Rayner images

I am distressed to find that a number of images to which I have moral rights through family friendship with the late subject of this piece have been excised from an article that I spent a year assembling. I was confident that I had established the correct way to post these images on the article about Denys Rayner. They have now disappeared and will take a long time to recover. I am unhappy that a bot generated action seems to have taken no account of my relationship with the subject of the article - involving no profit to me - has been wholly ignored. This was a unique record of a heroic man, enjoyed by those who served under him and his family and of interest to many others. I am an academic, an experienced researcher, accustomed to copyright issues. It almost feels as if the peice about Rayner has been vandalised via an over precise interpretation of copyright and permissions. I only contribute to Wikipedia at long intervals and so had no sight of the short warnings prior to permanent deletion of these valuable illustrations. I beg you to reconsider the editing of this piece. Simon Baddeley (talk) 13:52, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Please take a moment to review User talk:Sibadd#File permission problem with File:'Danica', Hardway, Gosport.jpg. Please note that your friends must provide written documentation (in accordance with WP:OTRS), releasing their photos under a free license in order for the photos to remain hosted on Wikipedia. Thanks, FASTILY 03:19, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Please notify uploaders with FfD nominations

Thanks for your FfD nominations. I wanted to echo @Jo-Jo Eumerus (User talk:Fastily/Archive 6#FFD nominations)—it would be helpful and save us some time if you could please notify relevant parties (namely the uploader) when bringing a file up for discussion. Twinkle does this automatically (I can help you set this up if you want). Take care, czar 05:52, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

Hi Czar, I've written a bot to take care of this; it's active and almost about to complete its trial (currently at day 8 of 10) -FASTILY 07:21, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

Nice! Thanks! czar 14:30, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

Regarding Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/FastilyBot 12: This task is now approved. Happy editing, — xaosflux ^Talk 13:11, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! -FASTILY 22:32, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

Clone

When your clone imports to Commons, it would be good if it changed the {{PD-self}} tag to {{PD-user-w}} so that the license indicates who specifically (someone else, not FastilyClone) is the author and that they put it in the PD on the English Wikipedia. Otherwise the license could be confusing to readers if kept as pd-self czar 16:05, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion, it's on my to-do list for WP:MTC! -FASTILY 01:55, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

File:Clip breeding-foaling-A Celebration of Horses.webmhd.webm

The fair use of that video was already discussed, rather in depth, on the uploader's talk page. Let me know what you think but I believe that the fair use rationale is fine for its current use. --Majora (talk) 02:04, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

Hi Majora, thanks for letting me know. I've listed the file at FfD so as to gain wider community consensus on the matter; feel free to leave your opinion there :) -FASTILY 02:18, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Fastily, the clip meets all 10 FU requirements so why are you doing this now, especially in light of the fact that we just went through this? The stallion died in 2004, so it is impossible to get free footage of him. What is your rationale? ^{Atsme📞📧} 15:03, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

I respectfully disagree that the clip meets all ten NFCC requirements. This discussion is about criterion 1, which I agree that the file satisfies. However I believe that it does not satisfy criterion 3b and 8. The community at large should have the opportunity to discuss the file's NFCC compliance, so I have listed it accordingly. Kind Regards, FASTILY 23:11, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

Bot error in tagging

Per this edit. There is no conflict between the licensing tags. It is entirely possible (as in this case) for something have both {{trademark}} and {{PD-textlogo}} licensing templates as trademarks and copyrights are two separate things. Please stop your bot from tagging this with {{Wrong-license}}. Thanks! ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:52, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

Hi Nihonjoe. Looks like you were using both {{Non-free use rationale logo}} (for non-free files) and {{PD-textlogo}} (for free files) on the same page, which causes the bot to tag the file with {{Wrong-license}}. I've fixed this by replacing {{Non-free use rationale logo}} with {{Information}}. Regards, FASTILY 18:42, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

That works. I blame the upload form since that's what it said to use. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:44, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. -Prahlad balaji (talk) 00:31, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! -FASTILY 02:29, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Montegrien olympic committee

Hi. i have a problem with picture of logo of Montegrien Olympic Committee. i am not coright owner for this image, i just upload from this site from this site http://www.cok.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/COK-mini-grb.png. If you can, please delete my piture and found new in internet and upload. Thanks and greetings. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Filipid011 (talk • contribs) 03:17, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Filipid011, thank you for your honesty. While I cannot personally delete the image for you, an admin should be by to delete it within a week; no further action is required on your part. Kind Regards, FASTILY 02:47, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Gabriel Sava

Hi Fastily. In 2012 you deleted this page about footballer Gabriel Sava due to WP:PROD. I feel the subject of the article meets WP:GNG as shown in [2], [3], [4], [5]. They are just an example of some of the articles relating to Sava showing coverage across a range of national and international media. Please could you restore the page in draft format to my user page and I will get working on it to touch it up and add sources etc.

Many thanks, --IrishTennis (talk) 02:14, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi IrishTennis, I resigned my admin tools some time ago. Please make this same request at WP:REFUND, as I'm sure an admin there will be happy to create a draft page for you ☺️ -FASTILY 02:47, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

No problem! Have just done that. Cheers! --IrishTennis (talk) 02:52, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Sad!

I fully endorse the candidature of Rehman in the recent RfA. But I am peeved by your reaction to statements by SagaciousPhil. These could be the appropriate or inappropriate, but certainly valid. And hence your comment " You can drop the stick and walk away now" does not appear to be good taste. --Muzammil (talk) 15:20, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Muzammil. Phil was politely told his statements were incorrect. He proceeded to make uncivil and inflammatory remarks directed towards other editors. I see no reason why he deserves a free pass at whomever he wants, whenever he wants -FASTILY 19:37, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Appreciation

For nominating a candidate no other editor or admin may have had the gumption to nominate. I consider this nomination an improvement in representing the lesser represented areas and communities on Wikipedia, assuming the candidate belongs to south asia. Everybody congratulates the candidate; few do the nominator. So congratulations to you. And thank you again. Much appreciated. Lourdes 03:06, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Lourdes, thanks for the kind words, I do appreciate it :) Kind Regards, FASTILY 04:50, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

File:Michael Jackson death certificate amendment form.jpg

I removed your bot's CSD F4 tag on the grounds that the death certificate amendment is a work of the State of California eligible for public domain status under Wikipedia rules for the PD-CAGov tag. Please check your bot's automation, and if you believe I am in error, please feel free to re-add the tag and send a notice under a new section to my User talk page. Thank you. ShawnIsHere: Now in colors 03:29, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi @ShawnIsHere, thanks for the note. I do believe my tag was correct, however this is pretty easy to fix, so let's do that. Could you please tell me how you obtained this image (and/or where it came from)? (e.g. you scanned it, downloaded it from a website, found it in a book, etc). Thanks, FASTILY 04:50, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

I don't know exactly where I downloaded it from (the image was uploaded a few years ago), but I am 70% certain I found it on a typepad-hosted blog image that was linked on a forum called michaeljacksonhoaxdeath.net, where it was located via GIS. Initially I was reluctant to post it at the time, but the amendment was later confirmed by several news sources so I posted it as it was the only largely unaltered copy online of decent quality. In any case, as the original document is considered public domain, I figured the largely unaltered copy was also similarly protected (if I am wrong I apologize, but I am probably not if I read WP:PD and Template:PD-CAGov correctly). Hopefully that helps. ShawnIsHere: Now in colors 05:27, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I think I was able to find a url link for the file, and have updated the file description page accordingly. Regards, FASTILY 06:25, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

File:Shining Rock from Black Balsam Knob (cropped).jpg

I am the author. It is not clear to me how to fix this in the author field. What template is needed, etc. Robert Badgett 19:57, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Badgettrg, are you the author/photographer of both File:Shining Rock from Black Balsam Knob (cropped).jpg & File:Shining Rock from Black Balsam Knob.jpg? -FASTILY 04:43, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

File:SidneyBlumenthal.jpg

I have just noticed you put an image of mine from 2006 up for deletion. May I suggest that in future, as a common courtesy to the uploader you NOTIFY the uploader on their talk page. Your efforts at removing dubious sourced images is commendable, but if you are going to do it, please do it properly. I have updated the source information on the image. Thanks LordHarris 07:53, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi @LordHarris. FastilyBot leaves missed courtesy notifications for uploaders within 24 hours of tagging. Looks like you're faster than the bot :-) I can see that you've stated that is is a government photo, however, could you please describe how you obtained the photo (e.g. you scanned a physical copy, found it on a website/book/etc)? I'd like to clarify those source details, thanks. Best, FASTILY 21:10, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't realise it was a bot! As far as I can remember it was a photograph I took of an actual photograph, but I can't be sure. It was so long ago. Beyond what I have already added, if that still doesn't meet with current source guidelines then am happy for you to go ahead with the deletion, as I can not provide more information than that! I did a big project on getting Bill Clinton to good article years ago and this photo was around the time I went to the archives in the U.S. The Sidney Blumenthal article does have an image from another source on the page anyway by the looks of things! Thanks. LordHarris 22:01, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I noticed this image did not have an {{information}} template but most of the information seems to fit, as the photographer Sharon Farmer was the official White House photographer at the time, so the tag {{PD-USGov-WH}} is obviously correct, so it seems entirely justifiable to keep if all that info is added, as "original photo copied by uploader". ww2censor (talk) 23:21, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

I've updated the file description page accordingly. Thanks to the both of you :) -FASTILY 23:27, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Martin Gernát

Back in 2012 his article was PRODed and rightfully deleted by you. He now fulfills WP:NHOCKEY by playing in the Czech Extraliga (criteria #1), but I don't know if more is needed to restore the biographical article.18abruce (talk) 16:35, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi 18abruce. I resigned as administrator some time ago, so I'm not able to restore pages. Please make this same request at WP:REFUND, and an administrator will restore the page. Regards, FASTILY 00:41, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you.18abruce (talk) 21:55, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

File:PeterBethune with Earthrace.JPG

Moving File:PeterBethune with Earthrace.JPG may be problematic. The file was originally here, but was moved to commons because it was free. However, it was deleted from there after the source website was reorganised and somebody decided that it wasn't really free after all. It was then moved here and I was able to get permission from the Earthrace website's Director of Communications, but I was hesitant about moving it back to commons because it's a tad inconsistent. --AussieLegend (✉) 14:43, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi AussieLegend. {{OTRS permission}} means that the copyright holder (or authorized representative of Earthrace) has granted permission for the file to be irrevocably published under a free license. Is there any reason we should doubt the statements made by their Communications Director in the ticket? -FASTILY 01:52, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Preventing FastilyBot edits

Is there a way to prevent FastilyBot from repeatedly making edits like these? The explanation on the file pages should be enough for human readers to understand why the files are tagged as such. --Paul_012 (talk) 19:10, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Paul 012. Task 5 skips any page containing {{Bots|deny=FastilyBot}} -FASTILY 01:10, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

3rd and 4th World Jamboree images

The EU-anonymous tag is correct, how do I rectify that with the current text? These both actually are eligible for Commons.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 04:07, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Kintetsubuffalo, thanks for clarifying that. I just transferred File:4th World Scout Jamboree.png to Commons. For File:3rd World Scout Jamboree.svg, could you please clarify how you obtained the image (i.e. do you have a specific website url, id number, book title, etc that you could share)? Thanks, FASTILY 18:15, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

*gulp*It was off a badge in a box in my storage 5000 miles away from Japan where I am. One of our Wikigraphists took the photo and turned it into the great graphic. I'd hoped at some point to have the 4th done up the same way, but the photo came out much better and my badge for that was in much better shape. (and if it had been made a graphic, we'd have the same problem with the 3rd, so...)--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 11:09, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the info, though I'm not sure Commons is a suitable home for either of these files; File:4th World Scout Jamboree.png has been nominated for deletion there. I'd suggest keeping both files tagged as non-free here on enwp for the time being. Regards, FASTILY 05:58, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Yikes!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 16:05, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

File:The uptones 2008.jpg

[6] No evidence of permission? It's GFDL by author. --GRuban (talk) 14:40, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Ah, I see what you mean. Here: http://www.itsbeach.com/about.html

"David Beach's Blog by David Beach is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License"

David Beach is a brother of one of the band members. CC-BY-SA is what GFDL turned into. --GRuban (talk) 14:47, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi GRuban, thanks for clarifying that 😀 I've updated the file description page accordingly. Cheers, FASTILY 19:05, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

File:Comparison of angles on a circle expressed in terms of tau and pi.png

I'm going to ask you to take another look at this one. Copyrights are not my major area of expertise, so I might be missing something, but it looks like the url where the copyright information was given has been overwritten. Cheers, Tazerdadog (talk) 11:53, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Tazerdadog, I was not able to find any indication on the source website suggesting that the image is CC. However, I've got an alternate solution; the image is too simple for copyright, so I've tagged it as such. Hope that helps :) -FASTILY 19:05, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

yeah, it's not on the current website, it was on a past version of the website. In any case, your solution is better. Tazerdadog (talk) 23:05, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

OTRS?

Hi Fastily. Would you be at all interested in helping out with the permissions queues on the Volunteer Response Team? We badly need competent editors who either understand copyright or are willing to learn about it to help process incoming emails. Personally, I find it to be a fun diversion from more standard work on the project, and it's immensely important to properly process the emails from individuals considering donating media for use on the English Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Commons. Please let me know if you'd be interested. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 01:34, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rob, thanks for the invite, but I'm afraid I must respectfully decline. An overly busy RL leaves me with barely any time for Wikipedia, and I've firmly dedicated what little time I have remaining towards developing bots and tools. Definitely agree that we need more OTRS volunteers however. A few victims qualified editors who come to mind are Ww2censor, Salavat, and Explicit. It'd be good to check with them to see if they're interested. Best, FASTILY 09:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Question about move to Commons

I received a request on my talk page about the need to move an image to Commons. Although I've been active in cleaning up after moves from the English Wikipedia to Commons, I haven't actually done a move nor do I know if I'm permitted to do a move from another language. However, I'm hoping that you either know what's involved or know who I should talk to. The image is it:File:Luigi Pirotta.png, In the request came from someone who is very active in working on scouting articles, so I'd like to help out even if it's out of the normal process.--S Philbrick(Talk) 14:17, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Moving that file as it is will be a problem because right now it has no details of source, author or date and so it will most likely just be deleted for those reasons. Before doing anything I would try to acquire the details and place them in a completed {{information}} template. To be kept on the commons it must be freely licenced in both the source country and the US and I doubt it is in free in the latter. Then use the Move-to-commons tool that is linked as, CommonsHelper, on the image page. Good luck. ww2censor (talk) 17:52, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Good to know, thanks both!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:22, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

I just uploaded File:Luigi Pirotta.png, I used the national association and sourced it in the file, it is smaller and more well-defined. Please make sure I have covered all my bases.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 09:36, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Looks good, though it seems you forgot the license tag. I've just added it :) -FASTILY 09:41, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you so much! It seems my tackling these old redlinks has generated some interest-another editor informed me today that they uploaded a picture of Francisco S. Roman to commons (this is the link). This was their first time, the subject apparently passed this year, can you check the image for pitfalls? Thanks again!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:56, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

No problem! That image is not suitable for Commons (it's likely non-free) so I've uploaded it locally at enwp. Hope that helps! -FASTILY 09:06, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

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George Washington

This article has indefinite semi-protection (which I think is GREAT - it's a perennial target for vandals). It would also be great if the "lock" icon could be placed on it to notify folks that it is protected. Shearonink (talk) 19:33, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Shearonink. Looks like Killiondude has already taken care of it. Regards, FASTILY 01:38, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, I should have posted here that Killiondude took care of it, but thanks for checking. Shearonink (talk) 02:39, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Asbesedos listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Asbesedos. Since you had some involvement with the Asbesedos redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. - CHAMPION ^{(talk) (contributions) (logs)} 00:42, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

FastilyBot double notifications

Hi there, I noticed in my watchlist that your robot is notifying people twice for the same thing. [7] [8] [9]. Thought I'd let you know! Cheers Jon Kolbert (talk) 05:33, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Jon, these appear to be caused by issues with MediaWiki's caching (which in turn gives the bot outdated page data to work with). I'll keep an eye on this, thanks for bringing it to my attention :) -FASTILY 00:36, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

Bot-tagging orphan images

If I revert this diff, will the bot put the template back if it comes across this image again? Immediately after uploading it, I linked it (an inline link, not displaying it as an image) from a WP:VPT thread that's now the "Interminable flashing" section of Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 144. I understand that the bot can't distinguish this usage from normal references to the file, so of course I'm not objecting to the bot's action; I wonder if I can do something (without creating a file link to it) that will cause the bot to decide not to restore the orphan template. Nyttend (talk) 23:46, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Nyttend. It won't, as I've temporarily disabled that bot task pending the addition of a feature to search for both links and fileusage. Regards, FASTILY 02:07, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Curious, though: how will you account for the fact that many, many images get linked on user talk pages and other places where they're merely being referred to? If I upload an image with no license and don't put it anywhere at all, someone tags the image and notifies me, and I add a suitable license and anything else that's missing, the file will now be linked but not in a useful fashion. Any human would know that it should be tagged, just as any human who's investigated everything would know that an image linked as part of a WP:VP discussion shouldn't be tagged, but I can't see how a bot would know to tag the first image while ignoring the second. Nyttend (talk) 03:48, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

As per the ignore list, only links starting with User:Multichill/Free uploads/ are not counted. This could (and probably should) be refined in the future, but at the moment I'm only having the bot handle the easiest cases -FASTILY 07:04, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Makes sense. Thanks for the help! Nyttend (talk) 20:35, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

move to Commons tag at another Wiki, again...

Is https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87:DokhtaranPishahang13h.jpg acceptable for transfer?--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 06:56, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Kintetsubuffalo. Not in its current state, no; the file is missing source information. Do you know another reputable source where the image may be found? Regards, FASTILY 09:17, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Looking for input

Hi there, I was wondering if you would be willing to share your input here on these files at FFD. Thank you! Jon Kolbert (talk) 20:04, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Jon, I've left a comment at both noms. Best, FASTILY 20:17, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

transfer the images on commons

hi,i try but maybe wrong something....can you help me? Thanks--LivioAndronico ^(talk) 19:48, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Livioandronico2013. Certainly, how can I help? -FASTILY 20:17, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

I tru to use the CommonsHelper,but don't work. Say me "Auth no OK". I don't know why. thanks --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 17:25, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

CommonsHelper uses OAuth to perform transfers. Did you select ok to grant CommonsHelper permission to act on your behalf? -FASTILY 04:05, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Ok boss,is fine now. Thanks --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 21:33, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Welcome back

I threw a tantrum when you initially retired and handed in your bit. So welcome back as a full sysop. :D—^cyberpower_{Merry Christmas:Unknown} 16:16, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! :) -FASTILY 20:25, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Glad to see ya back - Mlpearc (open channel) 20:31, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you! :) -FASTILY 02:52, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

File:AlbertParkSA.jpg

First of all, welcome back. Sorry my first visit has to be about a past deletion, but I think it's pretty straightforward. You deleted File:AlbertParkSA.jpg in 2012 because it lacked permission. I believe the image is actually an own work by the uploader, but because of its age and the editor's inactivity fell through the cracks. The uploader, EnglishElectric (talk · contribs), attributed all his uploads to "Ian Threlfall." It wasn't uncommon at the time for pseudonymous editors to use their real names when uploading images. He explicitly tagged most of his uploads (most easily seen in his deleted contributions) as his own work. I think this is just an oversight on his part. Would you have any objection to undeletion? Best, Mackensen (talk) 16:30, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Mackensen. After reading your explanation, no objection, and in fact, I think this image would be a benefit globally across WMF projects, so I'll transfer it to Commons as well. Best, FASTILY 22:57, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Mackensen (talk) 23:48, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi.

Since you're an admin here again, shouldn't you remove the extended confirmed user right, since it's redundant? 1989 (talk) 18:28, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi 1989. I typically don't twiddle my own permissions, but any other admin is more than welcome to make that change. Best, FASTILY 20:40, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Source of the Image

Hi Fastily and Jon,

I am the creator of the image. It was created from a source photograph of 2 priests just after a day the priest died. I received the photograph from the family of the priest for a memorial service in Toronto, Canada. I prepared the image for that service. I later created the Wikipedia page and put the image with public domain license. If you need further assistance please let me know. sjn (talk) 22:48, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Sooriyajeevan, it's not clear what image you are referring to. Could you please provide a link?  :) Thanks, FASTILY 04:05, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Fastily,

May be I misunderstood the discussion. But the image I am referring is here: File:Fr Sarathjeevan.jpg sjn (talk) 01:04, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi @Sooriyajeevan, thank you for your reply. Could you please email our otrs team at permissions-en@wikimedia.org with the appropriate documentation/release forms indicating that you are authorized to release the image into the public domain on behalf of the copyright holder? Thanks, FASTILY 20:59, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Reverted twice by your bot

Having been reverted twice in a row by your bot in the same file [10] [11], can I at least point out that your bot should explain *why* "the file may not be eligible for Commons"? ;-) Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 09:56, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Mike. The bot removes {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} from any file transcluding {{OTRS pending}}. Generally speaking, OTRS-pending files shouldn't be transferred to Commons until permission is confirmed, but you can force the bot to skip over the file by applying the |human= parameter to {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} like so: {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons|human=<your_username_here>}}. Hope that helps. Best, FASTILY 10:20, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protection policy RfC

You are receiving this notification because you participated in a past RfC related to the use of extended confirmed protection levels. There is currently a discussion ongoing about two specific use cases of extended confirmed protection. You are invited to participate. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 15:59, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

CSD F4

As per WP:CSD, F4 applies to files where we "lack the necessary licensing information to verify copyright status". If a file is obviously public domain (i.e. hundreds of years old), F4 is not a valid criteria for deletion on the basis of no source, since source is no longer relevant to verifying copyright status. We need enough information to verify the status of the image, not a source for a source's sake. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 09:26, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi BU Rob13. Thanks for your message. I agree with you. However, I do interpret that rule narrowly: any user who is not familiar with the subject depicted by any given image should be able to easily verify its copyright status with minimal effort, so as to fend off license laundering. Alternatively, consider if the file would survive a deletion discussion, as-is, on Commons. If yes, then I've probably already transferred the file to Commons. If no, then I'll use F4 to draw attention to the file so someone familiar with the subject can improve and/or document the copyright information. Regards, FASTILY 10:20, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

If you want to nominate for FfD to draw attention, that's probably more appropriate than the CSD tag. I would have no objection to that. The reason I stumbled my way here was because an administrator getting involved in the file namespace for the first time was confused by the tags, so I think there is good reason to avoid tagging these erroneously just to draw attention. I agree our documentation should be solid, but any editor can improve it. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 10:24, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

I agree with most of what you said, however I do disagree with 'erroneously to draw attention'. The no-source tag simply requests a source clarification such that the copyright status of a [third-party] file can be verified, and most uploaders are happy to oblige. Like FfD, it does not guarantee deletion. I'm happy to discuss individual examples with you, if you wish :) Best, FASTILY 22:14, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:MTC!

Can you modify it so it would work for ro:wiki? We have checked over 10.000 images locally which we would want to move to commons.Ionutzmovie (talk) 01:02, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Ionutzmovie, thanks for your interest in my tool. Unfortunately I have no current plans (or time) to extend MTC! for usage beyond the English Wikipedia. Here are a few alternate existing solutions which may work for you: toollabs:commonshelper, imagecopy.py. Kind Regards, FASTILY 22:14, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Got the broom again!

Congratulations, I just returned from a Wikibreak to see you have a broom again. Good luck. ww2censor (talk) 12:36, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! :) I'm not nearly as active as I used to be, but the mop is handy for when I've got some time to chip away at that Move to Commons backlog. Cheers, FASTILY 22:14, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

MTC! question

Does MTC! automatically delete files if an administrator account is doing the transferring? ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 16:14, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rob. Not at the moment, no, but I do plan to make this a configurable option for a future release :) -FASTILY 21:35, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Happy-

To see you're "back in the saddle again!" :-D We hope (talk) 22:14, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

:) -FASTILY 08:00, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

ffd

Re [12]. The link to the permission is included. Here it is again [13].Volunteer Marek (talk) 03:42, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Volunteer Marek, thanks for letting me know. I've removed the tag. Kind Regards, FASTILY 08:00, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

X-axis markings in the Daily FFD chart

Hello Fastily. The labels on the x-axis in User:FastilyBot/FFDCount are not readable because there isn't enough room. Any chance there is an option for Template:Graph:Chart that would address the problem? I have no need of this data myself, but I assumed it could be fixed, and played with some of the entries but made no progress. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 04:49, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi EdJohnston, thanks for the note. I'm aware of this issue, and I'm planning to update the bot to make it track only 30 days' worth of data. Regards, FASTILY 00:48, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Deleted Assumption (film)

The director of this film has contacted me asking why this project was removed from wikipedia. Their release date/year has been pushed back but reliable sources remain. Please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:3B28:4140:C5F7:7FAC:AA1A:B9CB (talk) 00:51, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

It was deleted via the WP:PROD process, but you may request its return via WP:REFUND. -FASTILY 04:52, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you!

...for deleting this category!  Paine Ellsworth  ^u/c 15:28, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

No problem! 😀 -FASTILY 23:04, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Your assistance please...

You deleted Draft:USS Cole bombing video on 00:50, 2017 January 12. That is three hours and five minutes after this heads-up was left on User talk:Geo Swan. I am leaving this message on your talk page, rather than following the directions at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion/G13, because there is something very strange here.

I have never used the Article Wizard to start anything in Draft space.

As I informed Safiel, back on June 15, 2016, I reviewed USS Cole bombing video, an article I started in 2008, and decided that, while it may have measured up to our inclusion criteria in 2008, it probably did not measure up in 2016. As the sole author of the article's intellectual content policy would authorize me to either place a {{g7}} on it, or move it to a subpage under User:Geo Swan, for further work. That would have been my intention.

Unfortunately I didnt' move it to User:Geo Swan/USS Cole bombing video, I accidentally moved it to User:USS Cole bombing video. Safiel then thought it was a good idea to move it to Draft:USS Cole bombing video.

There are some wikipedia contributors who seem to to take pleasure in pouncing on other contributors normal human fallibility, and make them pay dearly for making normal human mistakes, even when it should be obvious that an overly strict focus on narrow interpretations of our rules can be highly disruptive to our overall goal of working collegially on a wonderful encyclopedia.

I am sure Safiel didn't mean to make me pay for a simple human error. I am sure they were just too busy to realize that their simple action would be disruptive and counter to our goal of cooperating smoothly.

So, in the interests of collegiality, I request you restore this material, and move it to User:Geo Swan/USS Cole bombing video. I would never try to punish you for an instance of normal human fallibility, and I request the same courtesy from you. Geo Swan (talk) 18:26, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Geo Swan. Sure, no problem,  Done Best, FASTILY 01:59, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

On this day, 9 years ago...

Wow, can't believe it has already been 9 years! Thanks! -FASTILY 02:55, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

G13

Hi Fastily. I was just working my way through G13 CSD nominations when the category all but emptied before my eyes. I notice you deleted something like 150 G13 tagged articles in the space of a minute. Can I just clarify how you were able to check and delete them so quickly? Sam Walton (talk) 23:14, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Sam. I use browser tabs to check the pages, compile a list of pages via copy & paste, and feed the list into a script which performs the actual deletion. Regards, FASTILY 23:17, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Ah, I thought it might be something like that, I was just surprised to see them all disappear! Thanks, Sam Walton (talk) 23:21, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Thanks for helping with my mass nominee deletions based on G13. 1989 (talk) 06:52, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! :) -FASTILY 06:58, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

CFB North Bay Page

Good day. You queried the copyright of the image of the F.3 flying boat on the Red River, Manitoba, in October 1920. The photograph is from the Canadian federal government archives (specifically the Department of National Defence), and under the 50 year rule for Canadian government images, the copyright has expired and the image is in the public domain. Therefore there is no reason to delete the image. Thanks. 22WHERO (talk) 20:36, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi 22WHERO. This file was deleted as missing a verifiable source. Could you please explain how you obtained this image? If it came from a publication or online source, could you please provide a direct URL and/or title/reference number/etc.? Thanks, FASTILY 01:02, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

File:Hijiri88's postcard from Wikimedia Taiwan.jpg

I messaged you on Commons. Apparently you (accidentally?) moved my photo from here to there. I don't know if my deciding to release the image to the public domain makes it impossible to keep it on English Wikipedia, but if so would it be possible to rescind that? The image was meant for use on my user page on English Wikipedia and doesn't serve any purpose elsewhere. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 12:01, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Hijiri88. If you upload a file to Wikipedia under a free license, then it is automatically eligible for Commons. It looks like your changes over there succeeded, and I don't see any issues with the copyright of the file :) -FASTILY 21:45, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

OTRS Ticket #s

Fastily, I noticed you put a warning template on File:2017 Honda Ridgeline Black Edition-Upholstery.jpg because the "file is missing evidence of permission." After reading the process for a non-wikipedian to give permission for their photo to be used (i.e. send a formatted email to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org), citing the OTRS Ticket #s appeared to be all the proof that was needed. However, your warning template suggests otherwise and states that we must use a different email address (permissions-en@wikimedia.org vise permissions-commons@wikimedia.org). Also, it sounds like admins don't have access to verify OTRS tickets. So how is this supposed to work when we have an author that wants to contribute there photos but don't have permissions to upload their photos to Wikipedia, especially since OTRS has about a two-month backlog? --McChizzle (talk) 02:32, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi McChizzle. Yes, OTRS is a special global group. The tag is correct, please use permissions-en@wikimedia.org for English Wikipedia permissions. You may use {{subst:OP}} on files once permission has been forwarded to OTRS; this will ensure that reviewers don't nominate these files for deletion prematurely. Regards, FASTILY 05:55, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. --McChizzle (talk) 12:51, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for MTC

After you mentioned it I checked it out. It's way better than commons helper. Thanks for making it much easier! Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 06:30, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

@Iazyges: You may also be interested in looking into WP:FTCG. I use a combo of MTC and FTCG, depending on the situation. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 06:37, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

I'll check it out. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 06:58, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

@Iazyges: No problem! I'm thrilled to hear you like it :) -FASTILY 21:17, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Kiyusoma

How do you figure that the Kiyusoma files are sufficiently released? Without EXIF data, no clear statement of authorship, and websized elements, I didn't see it the same way. czar 01:39, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

The license tags assert that the files are self-created, which is source information, so the files are not eligible for F4. If you doubt the own-work claim, then please list the files at WP:FFD -FASTILY 02:22, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

I don't see how tagging a file as {{GFDL-self}} without any other source information counts as a source—we have no idea where the file came from without it being explicitly stated, even if put simply as the uploader's "own work" or "taken by the uploader"...  czar 04:22, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

From the template you linked, "I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby grant the permission to...", which is precisely the point of such templates - to provide clear source (self-created) and copyright information. Now if you doubt the legitimacy of that claim, then it is a matter for FfD, and not F4. Regards, FASTILY 09:51, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

c:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Tasmania (Scouts Australia).svg

Re c:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Tasmania (Scouts Australia).svg, how do we get images moved to en:Wikipedia? It doesn't need to be there, but it should not be deleted.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 10:13, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Kintetsubuffalo. Manually, as there's no tool to do it. It seems that the file may be deleted from Commons, so I've uploaded it to File:Tasmania Scouts Australia.svg under a non-free license. Hope that helps. Regards, FASTILY 00:51, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Minor bot issue

I have no idea why, but FastilyBot broke a bit at Special:Diff/762665799 and duplicated the {{Now Commons}} tag that had already been placed. --AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 02:20, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

It appears the now commons tag was human placed, and the bot got confused and added its own. Its rare to see any free file that isn't already tagged though. -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 02:30, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

@AntiCompositeNumber: Hi AntiCompositeNumber, thanks for your report! I'm aware of this issue, and it's caused by a MediaWiki category caching/propagation delay which gives the bot outdated information to work with. It's not something that I can fix unfortunately (only the devs can), but incidents like this are so infrequent that it's unlikely they'll get around to it anytime soon. Regards, FASTILY 02:38, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

That's alright, thanks! --AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 02:39, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Confederación Panamericana de Roller Sports

Please restore Confederación Panamericana de Roller Sports to my sandbox.Trackinfo (talk) 06:16, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Done at User:Trackinfo/Confederación Panamericana de Roller Sports -FASTILY 07:08, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

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13:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

User:Rchabes/sandbox

Hi,

I thought G2 did not apply to pages in userspace? I'm also not even certain deletion was intended. The move appeared to be a test. Adam9007 (talk) 02:14, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Adam9007. Rchabes moved a test page with no content (only a sandbox header) into the main space, where it was tagged {{Db-g2}}. Noticed you moved it back to their userspace, but didn't message them, so how would they even know it's back in their user space? This was a housekeeping action, but if you want it back I can certainly restore it. -FASTILY 02:29, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

It was a user sandbox which was mistakenly (I assume) moved into mainspace, so I moved it back. I don't want it back (why would I?), but I believe WP:G2 says it does not apply to pages in userspace? Also, I thought it was tagged U1, but I could be mistaken. Adam9007 (talk) 02:36, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

You're right about G2 not applying to the user space, so I've updated the log accordingly. And yes, it was tagged {{Db-user}}, but not by the original author. -FASTILY 02:41, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Not sure that was strictly necessary (this sort of talk, in my experience, is normally considered a waste of time). But yes, G2 does not apply to userspace. Having my own entry in the deletion log also feels rather strange... Adam9007 (talk) 03:03, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

List of intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom

Hi Fastily. Is the use of non-free images at List of intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom#Current agencies within policy? — JJMC89 (T·C) 05:12, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

@JJMC89: Should do. As the non-free images are protected by crown law, there is no way to replace them with free images. Doesn't seem to breach any of the 10 WP:NFCCP's. -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 05:21, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

As there is no contextual significance and critical commentary for each and every one of those files, I would say that there is a violation of WP:NFCC#3b and WP:NFCC#8. File:National Fraud Intelligence Bureau.png may be eligible for {{PD-ineligible-USonly}}, but the rest should be nominated for deletion/removal at WP:FFD -FASTILY 07:08, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I missed your reply. I've nominated the others at FFD. — JJMC89 (T·C) 19:55, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Bot idea

Hey a bot idea struck me recently. Is it possible to tell a bot to use TinEye and see if an image existed non-locally before it did locally? The idea being that the bot could patrol "own work" files and tag them "Dubious self work" (probably have a matienence category) if it found that. Is it possible? Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 00:07, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Iazyges. Probably not. If I remember correctly, this was suggested in the past, but was rejected because TinEye is not a free service for bots and because there is no straightforward way for a bot to determine if the file originated on Wikipedia. -FASTILY 01:48, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Fastily effect

Just wondering ... does Wikipedia:Fastily effect have anything to do with you? I was thinking of nominating that page for WP:MFD, but I thought to run it by you first. Steel1943 (talk) 04:05, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Steel1943. I don't know anything about it, feel free to MfD it. Regards, FASTILY 05:31, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! The MfD is at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Fastily effect, if you are interested. Steel1943 (talk) 06:15, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

I was annoyed at the way Fastily was being treated at the time. It seemed like yet another case of a very productive editor being castigated for what might very well have been a perfectly acceptable quality of editing.

There could be more written there, but I suspect that those capable of understanding it will extrapolate from the maxim.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 12:34, 7 February 2017 (UTC).

P. S. If you (Fastily) are unhappy with the name, feel free to rename it to Farmbrough effect. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 12:39, 7 February 2017 (UTC).

Hi Rich. I don't feel strongly about this either way. Best, FASTILY 20:01, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Waterford Minor Hurling Championship

This article was deleted by you some time back. I believe this article should not have been deleted. A comprehensive encyclopaedia of Gaelic games should include details of county champions at different levels. This enable the reader to get a better grasp of the various competitions that are played. Similar competitions are included for other countries - see Dublin as an example. I would ask that you reconsider your decision here. Pmunited (talk) 14:13, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Pmunited. Yes, it has been a very long time (5 years!). So long, that I don't feel comfortable taking action. It was a WP:PROD, so another administrator might be willing to review if you ask at WP:REFUND. -FASTILY 20:01, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

AIV

Could you please tone to WP:AIV and handle some reports because it is really flooded. CLCStudent (talk) 00:10, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi @CLCStudent. I don't typically work at AIV. You'll draw attention to that backlog if you ask at WP:AN. Regards, FASTILY 00:17, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Why are you deleting the image of Atrak Air A320 from Wikipedia?

Hello Fastily, I want to know that why are deleting the image of Atrak Air A320 from Wikipedia? I have provided the tags and where the image came from and other important things needed to upload an image on Wikipedia. Can you please explain to me about what the problem is? Thank You! FlyJet777 (talk) 16:39, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi FlyJet777. This file is non-free content. It fails multiple non-free content criteria, specifically: #1 (replaceable by free media) and #7 (no file links anywhere), and #10c (missing rationale). Thank you for your contribution, but this file is not acceptable on Wikipedia. -FASTILY 19:59, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Deleted image

Hi Fastily, I am editing R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union and would like to use the image [14] which was previously used in this article, consistently with WP:NFC. Please can you advise if this image can be restored? Whizz40 (talk) 10:07, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Whizz40. I'm hesitant to do so. According to the deleted history, this file was removed from the article an abnormal number of times, and it's clear that its inclusion would be controversial. I'm also seeing a probable violation of WP:NFCC#3b, as there are multiple covers collaged together, when only one would suffice. That said, existing file File:Daily Mail - Enemies of the People.png is more than adequate. -FASTILY 19:59, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

It's important to show the broadsheets as well as the tabloids, they are all discussed in the text. Simply showing the Mail front page does not adequately get the message across about the breath of newspaper coverage attacking the judgement; it suggests it was a tabloid issue. The BBC reporoduce multiple newpaper front pages daily [15] so I do not see a NFC issue here as long as the article specifically discusses all four front pages, comapring and contrasting them. Whizz40 (talk) 21:33, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Microsoft Tag logo removal

Hi, I happened to notice that the Microsoft Tag logo was removed, even though it was in use in the Microsoft Tag article. The only pro-removal reason given, according to Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2017 January 30#File:Microsoft tag logo.jpg, was "In use, but purely decorative."

That seems contrary to Wikipedia practice, as described in WP:LOGOS. Logos are considered to be serve the same function as portraits in bios, and are accepted when used in the article for the item they're associated with.

This usage seems completely in bounds. Can this removal be revisited? Thanks, NapoliRoma (talk) 18:10, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi NapoliRoma. It is not. @Cloudbound was referencing WP:NFCC#8 in their nomination. To summarize: a non-free file may only be used where the inclusion of said file would massively enhance a reader's understanding of an article, in such a way that text could not be substituted to achieve the same effect. As a rule of thumb, a non-free logo may not be used in an article unless that logo is the logo of the subject of the article. -FASTILY 20:01, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

This still seems in bounds to me. Microsoft Tag was merged to the current article; I've certainly seen other instances where the infobox or equivalent, with logo, survived the merge. Since the section discusses Microsoft Tag explicitly, this certainly seems like it enhances the reader's understanding no less than if it were a standalone article.--NapoliRoma (talk) 01:48, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

Files nominated for deletion are judged on their own merit, and not in comparison to other files. The logo itself is not a subject of critical commentary in the article, and therefore does not satisfy WP:NFCC#8. -FASTILY 06:11, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

This still doesn't seem to take into account WP:LOGOS, which indicates that logos are considered to be of value to the article for the product associated with the logo. I could point to most any selection of article+logo combinations and find very few that include critical commentary of the logo.

As I asked above, is there a process for revisiting the removal of an image? Thanks, NapoliRoma (talk) 22:39, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

You won't have to. It just occurred to me that the logo is below the threshold of originality in the US. I've made it available on Commons as such. -FASTILY 23:14, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Okina

Can you perform these uncontroversial moves?

Keelikōlani → Keʻelikōlani

Kūhiō Kalanianaole → Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole

--KAVEBEAR (talk) 20:05, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi @KAVEBEAR,  Done -FASTILY 20:44, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

File:WintersLadder1879.jpg

Your bot left me a notice saying that the above pic would be deleted because it's unsure of the copyright status. The pic is from the US Patent Office where it was filed by Joseph Winters (see signature on the pic) in 1879. There's a license PD-Patent which says that patent applications are PD in the US. Note that I uploaded this in 2007 - 10 years ago! What could possibly be the point of deleting this? Please train your bot to behave better. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 03:17, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Smallbones. Please tone down your rhetoric, nobody is threatening you, or threatening to delete anything. The tag, as you can see, requests clarification of source information. Could you please explain to me how you obtained this image and/or provide an external URL, reference number, etc, for the image? Thanks, FASTILY 03:59, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Well, it's been 10 years, but many copies of the pic are online, which makes sense because google freely distributes old patent applications. See https://www.google.com/patents/US203517 and https://www.google.com/patents/US214224 also http://www.aaaffa.org/jwinters.htm also http://theinventors.org/library/inventors/bl_Joseph_Winters.htm . I really do think that it is counter-productive to search thru 10 year old files of PD labeled pix and then say that they may be deleted, simply because you don't like the way that they are formatted. Standards of where info should be posted within uploads have changed in the last 10 years. But the info was there and all you need to do is have a person look at it. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 16:18, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. That was the info I was looking for. -FASTILY 07:59, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

Copyright help

Hello Fastily, I believe File:Albanian State Television.svg is in public domain, because as mentioned by Commons, any "symbol of .... public organization" is considered PD, and Radio Televizioni Shqiptar is a state television. Would it fit as PD in this scenario? -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 00:31, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I believe you are correct. The file could be transferred to Commons under {{PD-Albania-exempt}} -FASTILY 00:58, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Done, thanks for the help! -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 03:32, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Unused public domain copyright templates

Please consider centralising all your deletion proposals so that a single discussion can occur regarding deletion or not. Having picemeal discusions where we duplicate our messages is time consuming and not optimal. --Tom (LT) (talk) 22:00, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Also, thanks for your efforts trying to clean up around here :). --Tom (LT) (talk) 22:00, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Tom. Sure thing. I don't discover these in large batches anymore, but if I find more than one on a given day then I'll group them. Regards, FASTILY 02:51, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

File:Gfs10.prp.012.tropio.gif

The MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98 was a ferry which sank in February 2006, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_al-Salam_Boccaccio_98 drowning over a thousand passengers and crew. As part of the wiki entry, a series of evidence were collected in real-time to show the weather conditions in which the ship was sailing. One of these was the output from a weather-model, provided by the US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Centers_for_Environmental_Prediction These data have always been copyright free and the would have certainly been declared at the time of posting. The image shows the weather conditions for the Red Sea at the time of the sinking, and so is a historic and valuable contribution. It has survived 381 edits of the article. It was then flagged up as 'Unused. Unclear what the source is and who captured the screenshot itself' nearly eleven years later and deleted in 9 days. It was not 'unused', see the MS al-Salam Boccaccio article. Please restore. If more information is needed on the copyright status of NCEP products, I would be happy to provide it. Fremsley (talk) 18:46, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Pinging @BU Rob13 who originally nominated the file at FfD. Any thoughts? -FASTILY 20:49, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

As I'm no longer an admin, I can't review. If I wrote unused, it wasn't in use at the time of nomination. Other than that, I'm unable to say what my original thinking was without seeing the file, so use your best judgement. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 21:09, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

@BU Rob13: ☹️. Here is the file description page and file. Would still love to get your opinion! -FASTILY 21:18, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

'If I wrote unused, it wasn't in use at the time of nomination'. Incorrect, as stated above. The article still uses it, it's the only red link. Here's the Wayback machine from Dec 2009, the first available entry at that site. https://web.archive.org/web/20091202192156/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_al-Salam_Boccaccio_98 Fremsley (talk) 08:12, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

The difficulty is that images are tagged as unused when they are linked to but not displayed – as seems to have happened here. This leads to inappropriate deletions. It is a well known problem. I see no justification for regarding linked images as being unused. Thincat (talk) 10:28, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Uncertain about what should or shouldn't be considered for deletion re: linking, as simply a humble user. But am surprised it hasn't been restored, as thought my first post was very clear on its utility, context and copyright. Fremsley (talk) 11:27, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

I have no objection to restoring the image if it is used in the article. Linking to an image as a citation is not appropriate, though. You should cite the source that contains the image, not the image itself with no further information in the citation. That's important in assessing whether the source is reliable and appropriately attributing information found in an article. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 17:40, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Could you please clarify why your wrote your original comments: "Unclear what the source is and who captured the screenshot itself", when the source was tagged with the image (FNMOC) and the image is not a screenshot, but an original visual document indicating the synoptic weather in the system in the area at the time. Could you also explain what "Linking to an image as a citation is not appropriate, though" means? Why not? It may not mean anything to you, but it's a weather chart, a visual shortcut that reduces the need for verbal explanation by using graphical representations of information. Do we need a whole page to explain that? The fourth citation on MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98 page is a link to an external website detailing facts on the size of the MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98. Its format has no "further information in the citation". You ask for "the source that contains the image". What's wrong with the pretty comprehensive information within the image citation?:

National Centers for Environmental Prediction Global Forecast System output from https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/ (Fleet Numerical Meteorological Center).

This shows the significant precipitation associated with the frontal feature overlying the Red Sea on 2nd-3rd February 2006.

The article, about the sinking of a ship, uses weather information to underline key points about how the 1000+ people died, so links to this image as a citation show the weather in the region at the time. Linking to the FNMOC web address in the citation pages would produce an image of today's weather, if it existed (it doesn't). There is no other store for this image, which is why it was placed within the wiki system back in 2006! Weather information is time sensitive. The national weather services are forecasters and none (literally none) of the hundreds of meteorological offices around the world keep this level of detail available for online inspection 11 days, let alone 11 years later. They may possibly be retrieved from deep, digital archives, where they would have to be placed in an identical format to the original citation that is being disputed here. If you'd written to me asking for a clarification of the source and a description of the chart, I'd've been happy to write a thesis on these. Instead, I'm jumping through these hoops to get an image restored that was seen as perfectly fine through 381 edits and over 11 years standing, which you deleted in 9 days as you appear not to have understood its purpose. These conversations are just wasteful of energy and goodwill, just restore it please. Fremsley (talk) 23:36, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Done, per Rob. Fremsley, please use a real citation, thanks. -FASTILY 06:35, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

File:John Basedow Weight Lifting.jpg

Hi, could this be undeleted File:John Basedow Weight Lifting.jpg? I've think the OTRS permission has been sent through. StonefieldBreeze (talk) 12:46, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi StonefieldBreeze. Could you please provide the OTRS ticket number? Thanks, FASTILY 06:38, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Consider restoring Apprise Software to Draft space

Hi Fastily,

I was suggested to ask you about restoring an article on Apprise Software to draft space so I can edit it and work on improvements. Would you consider that or should I start a new article from scratch? Superasperatus (talk) 12:39, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Superasperatus. You may want to start from scratch. The deleted text of the article, for reference. -FASTILY 00:49, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the response Fastily, Superasperatus (talk) 12:36, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Deprecation of Template:PD-UN

Hey, PD-UN is marked as deprecated, but the superseding link it gives is to a DI. Was it meant to link somewhere else? -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 21:31, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Iazyges. PD-UN is deprecated because files from the UN are not necessarily in the public domain. The di link is correct. -FASTILY 03:22, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

File:Cayley Glider Replica Flown By Derek Piggott 2.jpg

Hello.

Regarding:

File:Cayley Glider Replica Flown By Derek Piggott 2.jpg --

Earlier today, as seen here, I started a Files for Discussion entry for this photo and tagged the File page as under Discussion at FFD. I wonder if you can restore file page and image, so the discussion can proceed, with people able to see the photo. Reply here or on my talk page, whichever is easier. Thank you. DonFB (talk) 01:34, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi DonFB. I'm hesitant to do so. After reviewing the history George Cayley, I can see that the image has been added and removed from the article a couple times, making it is clear that its inclusion would be controversial. Additionally, orphaned non-free files are eligible for deletion by default, and this file was unused. Please engage with @Hullaballoo Wolfowitz on the article's talk page, and then only try other venues if you cannot come to an agreement. As a courtesy, the image and its description page. Regards, FASTILY 02:03, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Cascading protection for Commons images?

Hi there. You mentioned at TfD that local uploads are no longer necessary due to cascading protection. Is this really true for images from Commons as well? Because the current policy says those images still have to be uploaded here and then we would need the template. Regards SoWhy 10:40, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi SoWhy. Yes, that is correct. Cascade protection is automatically applied by KrinkleBot on Commons. Uploading files locally from Commons for use on the Main page has not been done for quite some time now. -FASTILY 00:28, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Please see my comments at the aforementioned TfD discussion. —David Levy 01:50, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

File:Page triple neck.jpg

I would like to use File:Page triple neck.jpg here if this is OK can you un-delete it, it was removed here as replaceable, I don't see how it replaceable with a free version. Thanx, - Mlpearc (open channel) 04:30, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Mlpearc. I'm hesitant to do so. @Hullaballoo Wolfowitz removed the file from the article, suggesting that its inclusion would be controversial. Please consider discussing with them on the article's talk page. If you are unable to reach a agreement, then we can explore other venues. For reference: the file and description page. Regards, FASTILY 08:25, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

File:Screenshot from p.332 of MIT SP303 SoMA filing.png

Hi: Can you explain why this was deleted? It was proposed for deletion on Feb. 23, and I (the original submitter) immediately offered a reply. The reply included multiple grounds for retention, both for public domain status as well as fair use. There was no reply. Then discussion was closed today with a "delete" conclusion and the image deleted without any indication that this would be the consensus or the judgement, and without any opportunity to reply to the putative conclusion. Since the delete rationale was based on alleged non-public domain status and did not address the fair use argument, it would seem to me that a deletion review is in order. But I wanted to check with you first. Thanks. jhawkinson (talk) 04:16, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Jhawkinson. Yes, I have. My rationale is stated. Line by line breakdown of my interpretation:

Perhaps you could be a bit more clear. I don't know what you mean by "something submitted by a citizen for review," and I'm not sure those words apply here (it as submitted by a large educational institution to a local government for review).

This makes no sense. Guessing you didn't fully understand the reason behind the nomination, but pinging @Train2104 to clarify anyway. For reference: the image and description page.

PD-government templates generally only apply to works *created* by the government, such as a photograph taken by their press people. It doesn't usually apply to submissions. — Train2104 (t • c) 16:45, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Your use of the word "especially" confuses me too: you're suggesting the public domain status of a government document might change depending on who the submitter is, and whether they are a citizen (as opposed to a non-citizen)?

Yes.

I was using citizen in a broad sense to refer to submissions by the public, whether they be residents, non-residents, institutions, etc. — Train2104 (t • c) 16:45, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

I'm still under the impression that such submissions are in the public domain in Massachusetts, although I don't have a rigorous citation for you.

Find this, and I'll restore it immediately.

In any event, it's hard to be too concerned, because it's clearly fair use to snip an image from a large public (whether public domain or not, clearly it is public) document for purposes of discussion on a talk page.

No. If you think this qualifies as a non-free file, then it is an inappropriate use of non-free content, and a blatant violation of WP:NFCC#7 and WP:NFCC#9.

Regards, FASTILY 08:25, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

About re-uploading deleted images

You have just deleted some images I uploaded, because they were not used within certain days. We wish to insert the images in the articles "Mumbiram" and "Rasa Renaissance". So could you undo this deletion or tell us how we can re-upload them ? Then we will immediately insert them in the articles. Kusum Bhagavat (talk) 14:50, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Kusum Bhagavat. Feel free to. -FASTILY 20:16, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

Deletion review for Template:PD-ARGov

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Template:PD-ARGov. 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. Majora (talk) 23:29, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of Thomas Price (actor) headshot

Hi there, I got confirmation from the company Bliss Media which manages the actor. They said the image you deleted is now considered a free image whatsoever. No more copyright restrictions of any kind. Thanks.Supermann (talk) 05:36, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Supermann. Please review Marchjuly's suggestions to you on your talk page. -FASTILY 07:26, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

File:John Basedow Weight Lifting.jpg

Hi, could this be undeleted File:John Basedow Weight Lifting.jpg? I've think the OTRS permission has been sent through. StonefieldBreeze (talk) 12:46, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

The OTRS ticket number is: 2017021010014654.StonefieldBreeze (talk) 23:51, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi StonefieldBreeze. Great! Let's see what OTRS has to say -FASTILY 07:27, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

File:Mural at Samye Monastery, Tibet, showing the 5th Dalai Lama flanked by Gushri Khan and Sonam Chopel, aka Rapten.jpg

Hi FASTILY, you just deleted the subject image because of 'no evidence of permission', but I already emailed evidence of permission to Diannaa 🍁, one week ago as soon as I got the deletion warning notice from her (I presume it's a 'her'). However the permission evidence email was returned to me marked 'undeliverable'. Then I immediately wrote back again direct to Diannaa 🍁 on her talk page on 27 February saying . . . . oh, heck you can see the whole story here, User talk:MacPraughan#File permission problem with File:Mural at Samye Monastery, Tibet, showing the 5th Dalai Lama flanked by Gushri Khan and Sonam Chopel, aka Rapten.jpg!

Since Diannaa 🍁 did not respond I supposed that the explanation gven about images of public 350-year old murals being faithfully photographed not having copyright problems (as stated by De728631 regarding a detail taken from this same image User talk:MacPraughan#File:Portrait of Sonam Rapten 1595-1658, Regent of Tibet.jpg) was accepted but evidently I was wrong again. Please tell me where I should send the permission AGAIN to an address which will accept - and action - the permission - and undelete - or just review and undelete might be quicker. Many thanks, I am trying my level best to get the hang of the labyrinth. MacPraughan (talk) 09:29, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi MacPraughan. There is no need, as the file qualifies for {{PD-old-100}}; I have restored it accordingly. Kind Regards, FASTILY 01:50, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Fastilybot task #5

Hi, much as I appreciate the work the bot does can you examine the way task 5 works or the instructions for resolving task#5 issues. I uploaded two files both of which are PD in the UK but not PD in the US. As per the instructions on the relevant PD templates ({{PD-UK}} & {{PD-UK-unknown}} I also added FUR because of the lack of PD status in the US. Since then the bot labels both issues each week with {{wrong licence}} which I then remove with the comment "no conflict". Now either I am missing something (highly likely) i.e. there is some additional tag to apply to say there isn't a conflict of licencing information or the bot needs some instructions to ignore articles it has previously tagged. I suspect the answer is a combination of both. I appreciate that programming the bot to understand what combinations of licence are not conflicting is a labour of Sisyphus so flagging up those needing review is fine but we seem to lack a tag that says human has reviewed everything is ok - there are several options on what to do if it's not ok but not the positive. Nthep (talk) 14:01, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Nthep. Add {{Bots|deny=FastilyBot5}} to the file's description page. Sorry it's not advertised anywhere, the bot's job *is* to find copyvios, and WP:BEANS applies 😬 -FASTILY 01:50, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Nthep (talk) 15:21, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

File:Logo of The Pokémon Company.jpg

Hi FASTILY, you just deleted the subject image on the assumption that it's a "hoax".The image is the official Pokemon Company logo , as seen here and here.The Image you just added back is the International branch of The Pokémon Company, nothing to do with the parent company.I am not sure if that is where Gematsu got the image from, but i uploaded it based on that assumtion.So could you undo this deletion or tell me how to re-upload it? Timur9008 (talk) 04:10, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Timur9008. Thanks for clarifying. Regards, FASTILY 02:24, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

F10 decline

I noticed you denied my F10 here. Could you explain your reasoning? F10 says "files that are neither image, sound, nor video files; are not used in any article; and have no foreseeable placement in an article", and this PDF seems to meet that definition. — Train2104 (t • c) 02:28, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Train2104. I was under the impression that PDF files are not eligible for F10. Regards, FASTILY 03:54, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

They are eligible, if they have "no foreseeable placement in an article". The text of WP:F10 isn't as clear as it could be. — Train2104 (t • c) 03:15, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

You can re-tag it if you want; I don't feel very strongly about it either way. Best, FASTILY 07:01, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Deleted Image

Hi please revert back the image dill Mill Gayye title card. That image was in use but somebody continues to vandalise the page and remove the image from the page.

Hi

It looks like you deleted the image File:Leccinum.arbuticola.Alan.Rockefeller.jpg

I took this photo and I released it under a wikipedia compatible license.

I've also released it on other websites with a Wikimedia incompatible license, but I do not think that should matter.

Please undelete.

Thanks!

Alan Rockefeller (Talk - contribs) 23:46, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Alan. The source you cited, [16], lists the file as cc-by-NC-sa-3.0, which is not an acceptable license for Wikipedia. Perhaps you'll consider changing that? -FASTILY 04:23, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

File:Sam Reich Speaking at AOL Build Series.png

Hi Fastily,

It appears you just deleted this picture of Sam Reich. I have permission from the owner via email to use it in whatever way I choose.

I uploaded the photo to flickr but I did just realize that it was listed under "All Rights Reserved". This has since been changed to "Public Domain". Link can be found here.

I can forward email confirmation of permission from the owner if you would like, but it appears that this Flickr mishap was the main issue here. Hope we can resolve this.

Thanks, Aidan

Hi Aidan. Thanks for the update. Regards, FASTILY 01:57, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Batch MTC

Hi. There are a lot of football kits user-created images uploaded locally. You might be interested in a mass-transfer to Commons, or maybe they are not needed at all, IDK. Maybe to ask first at WT:FOOTY? In ru.wp they also have some 200+ such files created by one single user+few other, and those also can be moved (I can do it with my bot, if needed). To move, or not to move, that is the question )) XXN, 22:48, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi XXN. Sure, we can move them to Commons. I'll add an MTC! mode which picks up file usages on a page. Regards, FASTILY 01:57, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Cuneiform Press

Hi Fastily. You speedied Cuneiform Press per WP:G7. I'm not asking for a refund, but was wondering if you could clarify who created the article. Was it User:Kyle Schlesinger or User:KyleSchlesinger? The latter is the account which blanked the page and both accounts are probably the same person, so this might be a problem per WP:MULTIPLE. If they are not the same person, then we might have a problem per WP:IMPERSONATE. Is there anything which needs to be done in either case? -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:06, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. It was 'Kyle Schlesinger'. For reference, the deleted revisions. Looking at the edits of 'Kyle Schlesinger' and 'KyleSchlesinger', they appear to be the same person. Unless the person behind the accounts is behaving disruptively, no further action needs to be taken. Regards, FASTILY 07:15, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for checking. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:17, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

File:Justin Bieber Signature.svg

Hi, thanks for you comment. But honestly that was like 7 years ago I don't remember that I have even uploaded that and since it's not included in the original page I don't think it matters if we delete it.

Hi Pro translator. I did not nominate the file for deletion; you're probably looking for SNUGGUMS. -FASTILY 04:14, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

File:UM AA.png

I honestly don't care if the file gets deleted, but the original uploader did note: "City outline using data from US Census Bureau" (buried somewhat, but it's still there). If that's not sufficient, should I nominate the Commons transfer(s) for deletion as well? Thanks. Levdr1lp / talk 06:33, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Levdr1lp. While data from the Census Bureau was used, the description page does make any mention of whom created the map in the first place, hence the no-source tag. Regards, FASTILY 07:19, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

So then I should nominate the Commons transfer(s) for speedy deletion, right? Levdr1lp / talk 07:24, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I'd suggest doing so. Regards, FASTILY 08:29, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. Levdr1lp / talk 09:08, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Draft:Mohamed El Gawady

I want to continue on page Draft:Mohamed El Gawady Thanks Sunrise2016 (talk) 23:10, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Sunrise2016. Here is the text of the page; feel free to recreate it at your convenience. Regards, FASTILY 07:13, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

File:Symbol template class.svg

So this is gonna sound super nitpicky and I apologize in advance, but you deleting the local copy of File:Symbol template class.svg basically had the effect of changing tens of thousands of transclusions of {{Icon}}, without discussion of this specific change (because by deleting the local dark-pink enwiki version, mediawiki defaulted to used the orange Commons version). I personally prefer the distinct and unique dark-pink to the orange (which, at a glance, looks like Start), so I guess this could be considered to be in the spirit of BRD? Overall I think the change of icon should be discussed at the very least at Template talk:Icon before being implemented. Or if you care about the organizational cleanup but not necessarily the file color itself, upload the dark-pink version to Commons and update Module:Icon/data to point to that file. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 04:03, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Salvidrim!. Yes, it's super nitpicky and that is *totally* unacceptable! Just kidding :) Sure, I'll transfer the pink version to Commons and update the link. Probably won't get around to it today, but likely later this week. Regards, FASTILY 04:09, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I noticed that the image had changed as well, but I didn't have a chance to look into it. I'd go a step further and say that any file tagged with {{keep local high-risk}} or {{keep local}} is outside of the scope of G6, because as an editor has requested that a local copy be kept, its deletion is not uncontroversial maintenance. Best Regards, — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 04:25, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

File:Symbol question.svg

Would you please restore the local copies of the following files that contained the {{keep local high-risk}} template?:

• File:Symbol question.svg
• File:Symbol c class.svg
• File:Ambox warning yellow.svg
• File:Stop hand.svg
• File:Crystal Clear app ktip.png
• File:Disambig.svg
• File:Disambig gray.svg
• File:Symbol support vote.svg
• File:Red pog.svg
• File:Heckert GNU white.svg
• File:Soccerball mask.svg
• File:Flag of France.svg

If an editor has requested that a local copy of the file be kept, its deletion is not uncontroversial maintenance. If being cascade protected locally and on Commons (i.e. the file is the same) was a reason to delete a file tagged with {{keep local}}, the keep local template would be pointless. I followed the link provided in your edit summary; I read the discussion in its entirety and didn't see a mention of deleting such files. Best Regards, — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 16:05, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Godsy. No, that is untrue. The template was created because certain high-use files on enwp were not full protected on Commons. The concern described by the keep local tag has been addressed, as the files are now create-protected locally, and full-protected on Commons. Also, I didn't pick these randomly; I'm one of the few editors chipping away at this backlog, where these were suggested for deletion by another editor who has completed due diligence on each of these files. @Jo-Jo Eumerus: Do you have any thoughts on this? Thanks, FASTILY 21:02, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Technically, I was suggesting that they be copied to Commons but not necessarily deleted locally; the tag does not distinguish between "transfer but keep local copy" and "transfer and delete local copy" files. As for whether the local copies are technically necessary, it'd depend on how frequently Commons admins accidentally delete, unprotect or otherwise break such high risk images, I'd imagine. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 21:09, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

There are other reasons for keep local requests, e.g.: to better monitor changes, maintain a certain version, or keep a file within our local jurisdiction. — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 21:20, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

That is a mischaracterization. None of these, with the exception of File:Soccerball mask.svg, have undergone any revisions since having been uploaded to enwp six years ago. On Commons, these vector images have undergone various XML tweaks/improvements (e.g. valid XML code, smaller file size). That just doesn't happen here. -FASTILY 21:29, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

I was speaking generally with that comment, not in regard to these files specifically. I will note however that no revisions doesn't mean they weren't viewed, in relation to one of my comments below. — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 21:39, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hi Jo-Jo Eumerus, thanks for your input. In my experience, there are never accidental unprotects; in that regard, it's very safe. The most common issue is never having been protected at all. For several of the above files, I have requested full protection, which was quickly granted. How do you think we should proceed? Regards, FASTILY 21:23, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I'll also invite Anomie, the user who requested that the files listed above be kept local, to weigh in. The reason provided was "it is one of the 100 most-used files on the English Wikipedia". Another problem with the deletions is that if another user came across these and within the approximately six years they were tagged as keep local, and also wanted them kept local, it would be unlikely for them to add another tag because it would be redundant. — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 21:12, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

I personally am not attached to local copies at all, I think they are a maintenance hassle with a debatable cost/benefit ratio. The admins on Commons probably can rely on move+upload protection alone rather than edit+upload+move protection, though. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 21:30, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

I personally am attached to local copies, for the reasons I list above, i.e. it is easier to monitor them, maintain a certain version, and I prefer our local jurisdiction. That is a debate better suited for a wider venue if desired. — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 21:39, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Very well. The Commons versions of each of these files has numerous code improvements (e.g. fewer XML errors) and file size improvements. I would like to see the most recent Commons version that has these important updates, regularly copied to enwp. If I restore these files, are you going to take care of that? -FASTILY 22:46, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

I'm willing to take a look at each one, and provided they aren't substantially different (e.g. orange instead of pink as in the case of User talk:Fastily#File:Symbol question.svg), update them locally if a newer version is an improvement this once. However, I'm not willing to commit to regularly doing so. I'm attached to the principle of {{keep local}}, not necessarily these files specifically. I believe that speedily deleting files that editors have requested a local copy be kept of is outside the scope of G6, and therefore the deletions were out of process. I have no problem if you restore them and seek their deletion at files for deletion. — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 23:18, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

I disagree, and even if I didn't, then WP:IAR would still apply, so I am hesitant to restore. I do not have a problem with keeping a local copy of each of these, provided that they are actively maintained and updated with the latest code. As this is not being done, it is only reasonable to delegate this task to Commons, where there are editors dedicated to such maintenance. To reiterate: if you, or anyone else is willing to commit, indefinitely, to maintaining such local copies, then I will restore the files immediately. -FASTILY 23:54, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of files tagged with keep local. 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. — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 00:30, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

This was absolutely an improvement to the project and it's obnoxious how you've tried to pick a fight over it. Sorry, but I have better things to do with my time. Disappointed you ignored my perspective, even though I tried to understand yours and offer a compromise. This my-way-or-the-highway attitude is not making you any friends, and I would have thought you learned this in your previous RfA. -FASTILY 00:54, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

I regret that you view the situation in that manner. I wouldn't call it picking a fight, rather I'd characterize it as appropriately consulting the community in the face of disagreement. I tried to offer a compromise myself by offering to "take a look at each one, and provided they aren't substantially different, update them locally if a newer version is an improvement this once" and suggesting an alternative method (i.e. files for deletion) to seek deletion of these files if you so desired. Bar someone committing to indefinitely maintain these local files, a deletion review was the only recourse I had to get them restored. I hope we can end this amicably, by putting it behind us, and I look forward to collaborating with you in the future. Best Regards, — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 02:03, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

File:Ron Richards ASIO.jpg

I am sorry but could you undelete this file, it turns out my original analysis was correct. The file is only in PD in Australia. Because of URAA it is still technically copyrighted in US and therefore requires a fair-use rationale and cannot be on Commons. The original (uncropped) version is also in violation of guidelines because it was uploaded after 1 March 2012.

I apologize for my hasty CSD request. I will ask for the commons cropped version I created to be deleted on that project. —አቤል ዳዊት^?(Janweh64) (talk) 01:07, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Janweh64. Sure,  Done. -FASTILY 06:33, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

File:FDNYmemorialflag.png

Hi Fastily. I have no problem with File:FDNYmemorialflag.png being converted to PD. Could you just close the discussion at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2017 March 13#File:FDNYmemorialflag.png when you get the chance? -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:49, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. Sure,  Done. -FASTILY 07:06, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

File:Eugene-Cullen-Kennedy 300.jpg

Fastily: I am new to Wikipedia and helping my aunt update a page about her deceased husband, Eugene Kennedy. It looks like you removed a photo that I uploaded to his page. It's a photo my aunt sent me, was taken years ago by a now defunct photography studio. She thinks she might have the receipt for the photo shoot, but I am guessing that might still not meet the requirements? What do you recommend we do, since we do not have a link to a permission source? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kcdstl (talk • contribs) 15:05, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Kcdstl. The photographer of the photo (i.e. the copyright holder) must provide written permission to permissions-en@wikimedia.org following this procedure in order for the photo to be suitable for Wikipedia. Without this, we cannot host the image. -FASTILY 20:37, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

User talk:CanadianAME/

You deleted the following - it is not spam nor is it false information

06:10, 20 March 2017 Fastily (talk | contribs) deleted page User talk:User talk:CanadianAME/ Aircraft Ground Engineer (G6: Housekeeping and routine (non-controversial) cleanup: appears to be a mistake (TW))

please re-instate it on my page

Thank you

CanadianAME (talk) 02:16, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi CanadianAME. It has not been deleted: User talk:CanadianAME/ -FASTILY 02:42, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Mistagged file

Hey Fastily! Hope you're having a good day. I notice I accidentally mistagged Multimedia tray.jpg as redundant when I meant to tag File:Restaurant media.jpg instead. My apologies for that! Jon Kolbert (talk) 07:46, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Jon, no worries! Best, FASTILY 22:14, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

MTC! Classpath issue

I'm having issues getting MTC! to work. I'm using Arch Linux, and running the JAR with java -jar MTCui.jar. This results in Error: Could not find or load main class mtc.MTCui. If you have any idea on how to fix this, it would be appreciated. --AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 13:33, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi AntiCompositeNumber. Did you download the latest version? It looks like you might be using an old version. Regards, FASTILY 20:13, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Just tried it with that one, same issue. --AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 20:28, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

MTC! depends on the JavaFX package, which is not included in OpenJDK. Have you installed the openjfx package? Best, FASTILY 23:30, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Installing java-openjfx seems to have fixed that issue. Thanks for your help! --AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 02:34, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Your assistance please...

You recently removed File:Turkish ads use a hairy and disheveled KSM.jpg. Whether it did, or didn't measure up to NFCC was under discussion at Talk:Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz was the contributor who initially removed the image. I restored it, offering an explanation for my restoration, on the talk page.

I think Hullaballoo Wolfowitz's second excision of the image gives the grave appearance of a lapse from WP:BATTLEGROUND. I think they should have let the discussion I opened play out.

Second, when you deleted the image it had not been orphaned for seven days. It had been orphaned for mere hours, as I had restored it to use yesterday. Shouldn't Hullaballoo Wolfowitz's second excision have triggered a new seven day countdown? I hope the WP:CSD#f5 you put in the deletion log does not mean someone explicitly added a speedy deletion tag to the file, after I restored it to use. Can you clarify whether your f5 reflects that someone did that?

For the reasons listed above, I request a restoration of the image. Full revision history and talk page please. Geo Swan (talk) 10:47, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Geo Swan. I'm hesitant to do so. It's clear from the talk page that this file's inclusion would be controversial. Please continue to engage with @Hullaballoo Wolfowitz; once you reach an agreement, I will be happy to restore the file. As a courtesy, the file and its description page. Best, FASTILY 21:19, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

• I was not familiar with pastebin. I can see it being useful, and I plan to try it out. Thanks.
• Well, I sure hope that Hullaballoo Wolfowitz will engage in a meaningful, substantive dialogue.
• I would still like to know whether someone explicitly applied an F5 CSD tag. I'd be grateful if you could confirm or deny this. Geo Swan (talk) 01:33, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

This was a garden-variety example of a nonfree advertising image without sourced critical commentary. There was no valid use rationale, just a generic "to illustrate" statement. As I stated on the file talk page, just saying "Meryl Streep was photographed in a red dress at the Academy Awards" wouldn't justify using the nonfree image of Streep in a red dress, with or without sourcing. I assume the F5 tag was applied by the same bot process that left the notification on your talk page. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Treated like dirt by many administrators since 2006. (talk) 11:01, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

File:Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five.jpg

Hi Fastily. I see you've deleted File:Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five.jpg. If I remember correctly, I was the one who tagged the file with {{di-disputed fair use rationale}}, but I think that was only for the use in Hip hop music#Origin ot the term; The file was also being used in Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five. FWIW, I was only suggesting that the file be removed from hip hop article, but not the band's article because that use seemed OK per the exception given in item 1 of WP:NFC#UUI. However, if you deleted the file because it had other problems, then that's fine. I'm just checking to make sure. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:30, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. Yes, you only did ask for removal from Hip hop music, so that's my mistake. Thanks for letting me know! -FASTILY 06:22, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

I ended up having to re-upload the image. MediaWiki spits out this error when I try to restore the file. -FASTILY 06:29, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for taking the time to double check and especially for reuploading the file. Does some kind of note need to be added ot the talk page about the file being removed from the hip hop music article because, for obvious reasons, there no record of the di-disputed fair use template in new file's edit history. I wonder if there's a way to do a history merge or something. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:57, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

There's no such requirement, but you are welcome to add a talk page note. I don't think a history merge is needed, and even if it was, it would not be technically possible unless I could un-delete the file. Regards, FASTILY 07:15, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Ok. Just one last question. Non-free files which are removed from an article (or articles) via FFD or one of the speedy templates are often re-added by others who are either not aware of or simply choose to ignore WP:NFCCP. Can I just remove the file if that happens in this particular case (assuming none of the non-free concerns are properly addressed) or do I need to do something else? -- Marchjuly (talk) 09:00, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Yes, you may remove the file. Generally speaking, formal process isn't necessary unless the removal is contested. Regards, FASTILY 09:05, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Understand. Thanks again. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:18, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Draft:Exsite Webware

I see that you deleted my article "Draft:Exsite Webware" on this date. Are you able to help me retrieve my article? It was a good article, and I've never been unable to understand why it was deleted. It was quite a bit of work to create the article, and I don't want to lose it while I try to figure out why it was deleted. I'm unable to understand the procedure for undeleting the article by myself, so assistance would be much appreciated. This instruction, for instance, doesn't make any sense: "Visit the page where your submission previously existed." If it previously existed, it no longer exists, so I can't visit it. Many thanks, Santamoly (talk) 07:22, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi Santamoly. It has been restored by another administrator. Regards, FASTILY 02:44, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

File:Corbett001.jpg

I've declined the delayed speedy deletion on this photo. After doing some amount of digging, turns out it's public domain. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 03:28, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi Rob, nice research work, thanks for letting me know! Best, FASTILY 04:09, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

File:Morse code table scrap view.jpg

This tagging is in error on two counts. The page does have incoming links and is templated as not to move to Commons in any case. SpinningSpark 19:58, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi Spinningspark. No, the tag is correct. {{Orphan image}} refers to fileusage, which differs from pagelinks. Opt-out is available via {{Bots|deny=FastilyBot10}}. Regards, FASTILY 22:03, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

The wording of the template is that it "contains no inbound file links", not that the file is unused, so I read it as not having incoming links. There does not seem to be any point in templating the page if there is no actionable problem that can ever be addressed. SpinningSpark 22:54, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

Agreed that the wording could be clarified, I will take some time to do that. Also agreed that in the case of File:Morse code table scrap view.jpg there are no actionable items, hence the availability of opt-out. I maintain Category:Wikipedia orphaned files because some editors like using it to find homes for unused files. There is currently no better way to identify unused and uncategorized files. Regards, FASTILY 23:11, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

Question

Hey Fastily,

Should I use PROD for files? -- 1989 16:22, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi 1989. Sure, PROD is for non-controversial cases, and helps to reduce clutter over at FfD. Regards, FASTILY 19:59, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

Roxton, texas

This is a courtesy note that I've restored your deletion of Roxton, texas due to ongoing discussion at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 April 7#Roxton, texas. Happy editing, -- Tavix ^(talk) 19:03, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi Tavix. No problem. Regards, FASTILY 23:48, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

File:Maug Island WeatherRadio Implacements.jpg

Fastily Regarding your deletion of several of my pages submitted. These photos were passed down from my father to me. Yes I did not personally create them (self-work). Can you advise how I should define these so that they are acceptable. I have no concern over further use of these by others. thanks Veradrive (talk) 17:25, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Was your father the author and photographer of this photo? If so, then please email our OTRS team with a declaration of consent to get the file restored. If not, then you may not publish the file on Wikipedia because it may still be covered by copyright. -FASTILY 20:22, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Not appearing on Category for Speedy Deletion (G13)

These two articles 1, 2 are not appearing here, for what ever reason. It caused you to miss them on your last deletion sweep. Boomer Vial^{Holla! We gonna ball!} 06:24, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi Boomer Vial. That probably happened because of how the MediaWiki software caches pages. If this happens again, try purging affected pages, or making a null edit. Regards, FASTILY 06:29, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Precious five years!

Precious

Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:52, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! :) -FASTILY 00:13, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Your assistance please...

You recently deleted Draft:Al Khair Mosque. A few hours ago I got a heads-up that, a draft I had started, in draft space, Draft:Al Khair Mosque, was about to be deleted.

But I never start drafts in draft space. A few months ago I did learn someone had moved an article I had worked on to draft space, without telling me.

Could you look at the revision history of this material, and tell me what association is has with me -- whether I really did start it, only to have it moved to draft space by someone else? Geo Swan (talk) 12:45, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi Geo Swan. It looks like you moved the page to User:Al Khair Mosque, Sana'a, and then @Safiel moved the page to Draft:Al Khair Mosque. For reference, the text of the deleted draft and the deleted revisions. Regards, FASTILY 00:13, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Restoration of draft for editing

Hello, Please help. I am not very literate when it comes to Wikipedia. I recently had an entry deleted, and would like it restored for further editing. I cannot find any copies of it in the system. The subject is Daniel Noah, writer, director, producer. Can you please help??? Thank you. MEK420 (talk) 15:27, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi MEK420. Are you also User:Mek457? I found Draft:Daniel Noah, and have made the text available here. Feel free to recreate the page, but please note that Wikipedia is not a personal blog or free hosting for non-encyclopedic content. Regards, FASTILY 00:13, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

File:Emma Morano (2016).jpg

Hey there. The image is of Reuters, a commercial press agency. I wonder why the db-f7 was replaced with "di-replaceable fair use". --George Ho (talk) 13:33, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi George. That was not obvious from your speedy tag. In the future, it would be helpful to the reviewing administrator if you filled in the |rationale= parameter of the speedy tag. Anyhow, thanks for letting me know. Regards, FASTILY 00:13, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

You're welcome. ;) BTW, it's already deleted, but I'll use the parameter. I just disabled Twinkle intentionally; I just want to re-learn how to use the template. --George Ho (talk) 01:38, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

File:Doc 1 19 jan 2017.pdf

My picture file File:Doc 1 19 jan 2017.pdf has been deleted. I have been busy and this is the first opportunity that I have had to contact you concerning a request for the undeletion of this file. Please, contact me so that we can deal with this issue. I would like to have this file restored and look forward to working with you on this project to deal with the problem. FUSTER1965 (talk) 03:19, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi FUSTER1965. Fair use files are not permitted in user page drafts. Fair use files that are not linked in to an article space are scheduled for deletion after 7 days after being tagged. When you are ready to use the file in an article, please feel free to re-upload, no need to ask me. Regards, FASTILY 05:37, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-17

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• New filters for recent changes are now available as a beta feature on most wikis. You can turn it on in your preferences. Remaining wikis will have the new filters on 9 May. [17]
• When administrators, bureaucrats and stewards make a user a member of a user group they can now set an expiry date. A user group is for example "administrators" or "bots". This means that they can give someone user rights for a limited time. This is similar to how blocks and page protections can be limited in time. Special:UserRights will have new options for this. You can read more about user groups. [18]

Problems

• Since the data centre test last week the content translation tool has been disabled. This is because of a database problem. It will be back as soon as the problem has been solved. [19]

Changes this week

• The GuidedTour extension will be enabled on all wikis. This is a tool to explain to new users how to edit. [20]
• Wiktionary will handle interlanguage links in a new way. The Cognate extension will automatically link pages with the same title between Wiktionaries. For this to work all old interlanguage links have to be removed. You can read more about this. [21]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 April. It will be on all wikis from 27 April (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 25 April at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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16:40, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

File:Johannes nobel.jpg

You marked File:Johannes nobel.jpg for deletion with the edit summary "per CSD F6 (no fair use rationale)." However, a fair use rationale was given: "Low resolution picture of a deceased person; needed to illustrate the biography of Johannes Nobel, no free alternative available. Source: https://www.uni-marburg.de/fb10/iksl/indologie/fachgebiet/geschichte." JimRenge (talk) 20:58, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi JimRenge. Thanks for clarifying, I have updated the file description page to make that more obvious. Regards, FASTILY 21:08, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. JimRenge (talk) 21:10, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

File:Arrowsmith School.jpg

Can you please un-delete the file? I will fix the licence very soon, but it needs to be un-deleted first. Thanks.--Taeyebar 00:15, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi Taeyebar. Please change the license ASAP. I have tagged the file as missing license in the meantime. Please note that all files uploaded to Wikipedia *must* allow derivatives and non-commercial use, or else they will be promptly removed. -FASTILY 00:49, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I fixed it. If this is the wrong template I added, please add the right one. Have a nice day.--Taeyebar 19:23, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

File:MSU Bronze Sparty 2.jpg

Hi Fastily. I appreciate you cleaning up/adding non-free use rationales for File:MSU Bronze Sparty 2.jpg, but there are two things I think sitll need to be resolved. The first things is that I don't think the sources is Fuzzy510. Fuzzy510 uploaded the latest version, but the orginal was uploaded by Jeffness. The second thing has to do with the copyright status of the photo itself as explained at User talk:Marchjuly#Sparty image. A non-free use rationale can be provided for the statue, but a photograph cannot be licensed as non-free since pretty much anyone can a photo of the statue and release under a free license. I've asked the uploader about this, so hopefully they will respond. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:08, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. Thanks for pointing that out, I have updated the file description page accordingly. According to this revision, it seems that Jeffness is the photographer and licensed it with {{Cc-by-sa-2.5}}. Regards, FASTILY 02:22, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for helping to sort this out. -- Marchjuly (talk) 09:59, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

File:Spiceworks logo2.png

I see that you deleted the "2" variant of the Spiceworks logo which I uploaded. If you could assist me, that would be great. I've attempted to original logo File:Spiceworks logo.png, however, through my own inexperience or ignorance, I have not been successful. The logo reverts to the previous logo and doesn't allow me to overwrite it. Any advice? Thank you! Aneah|talk _to ^me 15:42, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi Aneah. It looks like you succeeded in overwriting File:Spiceworks logo.png with the new logo, seven times in fact! I think it's safe to say you were successful :) Best, FASTILY 21:11, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-18

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• The content translation tool works again. It was turned off because of a database problem. [22]
• Scripts using very old deprecated wikibits functions show errors. These functions have not worked since 2013. You should fix or disable broken scripts. You can see examples of how to upgrade scripts. This is the same thing as Tech News wrote about in issue 2017/16. You need to add mw.loader.using( 'mediawiki.util' ) block for your scripts also, or add mediawiki.util dependency in gadget ResourceLoader section in MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition. [23][24]

Problems

• Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for 20 to 30 minutes on 3 May. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. You can read more about this.

Changes this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week. This is because of the data centre test.

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 2 May at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• All Wikimedia wikis will have cookie blocks from May 8. This is an extension to the autoblock system so when a user is blocked, the next time they visit the wiki a cookie will be set. This means that even if the user switches accounts and to a new IP address the cookie will block them again. [25]
• The Publish changes, Show preview and Show changes buttons will look slightly different. This is to fit with the OOUI look. Users can test scripts, gadgets and so on to see if they work with the new interface by adding &ooui=1 to the URL. [26]

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19:50, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

File:Safer Scott JHU.jpg

Hi, This file was previously deleted. We are ready to send all permissions again. Please let me know if its possible to restore the file with a OTRS pending.

Thanks in advance!

01:17, 2 May 2017 (UTC)Pilot03 (talk)Pilot03

Hi Pilot03. Please first email the declaration of consent to OTRS. Once our OTRS team has verified that all of the necessary details are present in the email, the file will be restored. Regards, FASTILY 05:44, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

OTRS needed?

Hey Fastily. For previously published images where the uploader claims to be the publisher/copright holder, is OTRS verification required? If so, what is the best way of requesting it? Example: File:BlueBlazeTrailLeftTurnBlaze.jpg — JJMC89 (T·C) 03:50, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi JJMC89. If you doubt the uploader's own-work claim, then yes, OTRS permission is needed; use FfD for borderline cases and {{subst:Npd}}/{{Db-f9}} for egregious cases. Otherwise, it's perfectly acceptable for editors to contribute files they may have previously uploaded to other sites. Regards, FASTILY 05:44, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

File:Darling Photo.jpg

Hi Fastily - Regarding File:Darling_Photo.jpg please advise me of how I can provide additional proof of self work for this file - thanks. I am a new contributor and will appreciate all help - Also will you notify me of your response - this will be my first time using talk so am not sure whether responses show up here on on my page. Thanks !

Hi StillEvolving. Don't worry about it. The EXIF suggests that it's your own work. Regards, FASTILY 01:10, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

File:Bipin Karki.jpg

Hi Fastily. Would you mind taking a look at File:Bipin Karki.jpg? You deleted it the other day as replaceable fair use, but it has been re-uploaded again by the same editor. The file has already been tagged a second time, but perhaps the editor just does not understand the concept of WP:FREER and BLPs.

In addition, File:Kul Man Ghising.jpg might just be a re-upload of File:Kulmannepal.jpg, which you also deleted. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:08, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. Neither of the two files are duplicate uploads. For reference:

• The deleted version of File:Bipin Karki.jpg: file, description page
• The deleted version of File:Kulmannepal.jpg: file, description page

Regards, FASTILY 01:10, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for checking. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:33, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

reality check

Heh! I think Hitinfotech (talk · contribs) needs a spamu block. But I am at work and might be wrong. Could you have a look? Thanks Dlohcierekim 07:04, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi Dlohcierekim. Had a look, and I think so too. I have soft-blocked the account. Regards, FASTILY 07:50, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

File:Headshot of Carroll D Osburn.jpg

Hey Fastily - I see you removed this headshot. I did send an email to Permissions as requested with the university's permission to use the photo - Ticket#: 2017042810014242. Was that approval received? Was it in the wrong format? Please advise so I can correct and reload the photo.

Hi Joyfultrust. There is an email logged in the system, but it is missing a required step. Could you please have a university representative fill out a declaration of consent, and email it to permissions-en@wikimedia.org? Thanks, FASTILY 21:38, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

File:AshokJain PharmaAwards.jpg

Hi there!

This file was just deleted. Could you tell me how I'd be able to restore it?

Thank you! Navinbswamy (talk) 08:05, 8 May 2017 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Navinbswamy (talk • contribs) 04:54, May 8, 2017 (UTC)

Hi Navinbswamy. Please see Wikipedia:Copyright violations; you may not upload any file you found on the internet to Wikipedia. On the other hand, if you are an authorized representative of the copyright holder (or the copyright holder), then please see Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials, and email a release form to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. Regards, FASTILY 00:46, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sandbox/history

Hello again, Fastily. You deleted "Wikipedia:Sandbox/history" per R3 as implausible redirect to Wikipedia:Sandbox/History. However, per Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2010 February 17#Wikipedia:Sandbox/history, the redirect page was "kept". I wonder whether you can undelete the page as such. --George Ho (talk) 08:03, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi George. Indeed it was. Thanks for letting me know. Regards, FASTILY 01:09, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

File:DAZN Screenshot iPhone.png

Hi there!

This file was removed a few days ago. Now the article page where it would be used is live (DAZN) and I was wondering if you could help restoring it?

Thanks, Sergi

Hi Sergi. Sure, no problem. Please use the image ASAP, it will be re-deleted a week from now if it is still unused. Regards, FASTILY 01:09, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Tallahassee

Investigating to answer you, I found that the source didn't have this image at the time of upload (see http://web.archive.org/web/20060813101722/http://www.tcs.ednet.ns.ca); I'm suspecting a copy/paste mistake. We're never going to get the actual source for this eleven-years-ago upload, so I did an IAR speedy deletion because it definitely would get deleted at FFD. Note the existence of File:USSHendrickHudson.jpg, which was uploaded in December 2004; at the time, C:COM:L said nothing about sources, and the deletion template for no-source (its earliest history is now on a subpage) was created in February 2006. Consequently, I'd say that the file met the standards at the time of upload and should be considered to be grandfathered. Nyttend (talk) 02:03, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi Nyttend. Sounds good. Thanks for investigating! Best, FASTILY 06:05, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

File:Victorio - Tchihende chief.jpg

Is moving File:Victorio - Tchihende chief.jpg to Commons possible? I added another version, File:Victorio Chiricahua Apache Chief.jpg, into Victorio. --George Ho (talk) 18:29, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi George. It's not eligible for transfer as-is, but you're welcome to upload it to Commons yourself if you know the source. Here is the original file and description page. -FASTILY 01:27, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks. BTW, emailed you. George Ho (talk) 01:33, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Another email

Hello. I sent you another email. --George Ho (talk) 18:10, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Redundant FFD notification?

Hello Fastily, during my latest multiple-file FFD nomination I noticed that User talk:Rajesh.kuri has been notified again, even though I had posted a notification earlier. Maybe I misformatted something (I rarely do such nominations on en-Wiki, but tried to follow the WP:FFD guide for multiple images as closely as possible), or maybe the bot had a problem with the "multiple files" part of the nomination. It's not a big issue, just letting you know in case you'd like to check this case. Best regards. GermanJoe (talk) 02:46, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi GermanJoe. I suspect that this is caused by a caching issue in the MediaWiki software, which gives the bot outdated information to work with. But it's hard to say, given that this was over a week ago. Either way, thanks for taking the time to let me know :) -FASTILY 05:28, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

File for discussion

File:Hatton, Sri Lanka Station.jpg - Have a look on this file. It's unused and missing EXIF. --~AntanO4task (talk) 04:53, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi ~AntanO4task, I have nominated it at FfD. Regards, FASTILY 05:12, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

Draft:Trent Kelly (coast guard)

Hello again. On one hand, Draft:Trent Kelly (coast guard) is viewed as failing WP:CRIMINAL. On the other hand, I wonder whether AFC process is appropriate for long-term editors. What's the risk of moving it to mainspace? --George Ho (talk) 17:49, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi George. If it fails WP:CRIMINAL, then there is a good chance it will result in A7/AfD. The deleted text, for your reference. Regards, FASTILY 05:12, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

File:Ellen M. Bozman (1925-2009).jpg

Hi Fastily. Would it possible to have File:Ellen M. Bozman (1925-2009).jpg undeleted? I removed the file per WP:NFCC#9 because at that time it was being used in a draft; Ellen M. Bozman is, however, now an article which means that the photo could likely be used per item 10 of WP:NFCI. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:55, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. Sure, done. Regards, FASTILY 05:12, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you Fastily. I added {{Non-free biog-pic}} for the licensing. Is that the correct license? -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:37, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

File:Lillian Delevoryas.jpeg

Dear Fastily, I am just following up on the following work you did back in Jan...05:10, 29 January 2017 Fastily (talk | contribs) deleted page File:Lillian Delevoryas.jpg (F11: No evidence of permission for more than 7 days). Lillian Delevoryas had sent Permissions an email with her permission on Oct 20th 2016. I am assuming this wasn't received or registered? Please can we reinstate the page and go through the process again? Awenparadigm (talk) 15:32, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi Awenparadigm. Could you please have Ms. Delevoryas send an email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org with a declaration of consent and a copy of the photo? Thanks, FASTILY 19:25, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

JJMC89 bot orphaning so many files

Hello again. The JJMC89 bot (talk · contribs) constantly orphans files simply because of "mishaps" in rationale or something. As a result, the number of files at Category:All orphaned non-free use Wikipedia files rose to 1500+. Some of my images were orphaned, so then I de-orphaned them. Meanwhile, the issue has been raised at User talk:JJMC89#JJMC89 bot task 12 / NFC and Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:JJMC89 bot. Block was attempted but then undone. --George Ho (talk) 03:26, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Oops... I was thinking numbers. Now I realized I should have checked the contributions before making poor conclusions on my part. --George Ho (talk) 12:15, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

File:Dom Luiz de Orléans e Bragança.png

Hi Fastily. Was wondering if you'd mind taking a look at File:Dom Luiz de Orléans e Bragança.png. It's tagged as replaceable fair use per WP:F7 and seems to be pretty much the same as File:Domluis.jpg which you just deleted. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:34, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. They appear to be the same image. IMO it doesn't need to be dealt with immediately. The files were uploaded by two separate uploaders, and the duplicate file is already flagged for deletion, so it will be deleted soon. Regards, FASTILY 00:39, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for checking. The speedy deletion template is being contested (though the uploader seems to be slightly misunderstanding NFCC#1), so someone will get around checking it within a day or so. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:43, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

YGM

Hello, Fastily. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

Maringaense 22:15, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

File:Swati Rajput Delhi House Terrace Sep 2016.jpg

Dear Fastily, I am just following up on the work you did last week on File:Swati Rajput Delhi House Terrace Sep 2016.jpg I just changed the license tag, please check if it's good to go. (Jaaritr (talk) 00:59, 2 June 2017 (UTC))

Odd Fellows Temple (Frankfort, Kentucky)

Hi, could you please restore an article which you deleted, Odd Fellows Temple (Frankfort, Kentucky), after it was PROD'ed by another editor. Please see and perhaps respond at User talk:Whisenhimer#Proposed deletion of Odd Fellows Temple (Frankfort, Kentucky). At first there i thought it was a different editor who did the deletion. I am trying to help out editor Whisenhimer, who may be having a hard time getting started, but who edited fine at List of Odd Fellows buildings which I watchlist. --doncram 06:12, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi Doncram. Sure, no problem. Regards, FASTILY 02:38, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

File:Brentwood Coat of Arms.jpg

Hi Fastily, Could you undelete this image please?, Some vandal appeared to have removed it and it had gone unnoticed, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 03:19, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi Davey. After reviewing the deleted revisions, I do not see any evidence of disruption. There have only been three editors to the file: the uploader, a bot, and myself. For reference, the deleted text and image. You are welcome to re-upload the image if you can identify its source. Regards, FASTILY 03:59, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi Fastily, Apologies for the long delay - I'd completely forgot all about this!, Probably shouldn't of assumed they were a vandal however seeing an IP remove the image without any summary you do assume the worst, Anyway thanks for pasting the license stuff - Obviously never looking at the image in full I had no idea what the source etc stated so had I realised it was just taken off of Google I probably wouldn't be here now, Ah well in that case it can stay deleted :),

Anyway thanks for your help much appreciated, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 00:15, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

CSD tagging

My feed says you deleted 177 pages I tagged. That's a new record for one Admin! Thanks :) Legacypac (talk) 13:00, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi Legacypac. No problem, glad I could help! Best, FASTILY 01:20, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

File:Golden Grove Football Club Logo.png

Hi Fastily. About a month ago you deleted File:Golden Grove Football Club Logo.png per WP:F5. I had removed it from a draft it was being used in per WP:NFCC#9, but that draft has just been approved as Golden Grove Football Club via AfC. Do you think you could take another look at the logo's non-free use rationale, etc. when you get the chance? If there are no problems with the soourcing or any other problems which cannot be fixed, then maybe it can be restored and added to the article. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:06, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. Here is the original file and description page. Let me know if you'd like it to be restored. Best, FASTILY 22:44, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for checking on this Fastily. The logo can be seen here so WP:NFCC#4 and WP:NFCC#10a seem to be OK. I haven't noticed any other possible issues, so I think the file should be OK as a non-free logo for primary identification. -- Marchjuly (talk) 09:10, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Sounds good,  Done -FASTILY 19:22, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:53, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Global Financial Integrity

Hello,

I am the Communications Associate at Global Financial Integrity and was reaching out to see if we can have our page reinstated. When reviewing the reasoning behind your proposal for deletion, I was unable to fully understand what you were looking for. If you can clarify what you were searching for, I would be happy to offer information or external sources citing our work. Thank you for your consideration, I look forward to hearing back from you.

Hi GFI commassoc. Please note that Wikipedia is not a blog, web-host, or advertising venue; this article, as-is, is unsuitable for Wikipedia. Thanks, FASTILY 00:48, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

File:Briar Nolet.jpg & File:Trevy.jpg

Hi, can you please delete these files because they have been copied from this site here and this site here Plum3600 (talk) 18:54, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi Plum3600. These files (c:File:Briar Nolet.jpg, c:File:Trevy.jpg) are uploaded at Wikimedia Commons. I'm not a Commons admin, so I cannot delete them. You may nominate them for deletion over there using {{Copyvio}}. Regards, FASTILY 00:31, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

File:Toby Price Australian Sportsperson.jpg

Hi Fastily. You deleted File:TobyPrice.jpg as a copyright violation, but the uploader is claiming that it is his own photo. He seems quite a bit frustrated and has re-uploaded the image once again but under a different name. Would you mind taking a look at it and try explaining what he needs to do to keep the file from being deleted. The new file is File:Toby Price Australian Sportsperson.jpg. Anything you can do to help sort this out would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 10:22, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. Your explanation to GSmyth seems adequate to me. Yes, OTRS permission may help prevent the image from being wrongly deleted in the future, but at this point I see no reason to assume that the uploader is lying. Regards, FASTILY 00:31, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for checking. I also have no reason not to believe the uploader. The first upload was as non-free use which is not allowed per WP:NFCC#1,which is why I tagged it for SD; the subsequent uploads were tagged as copyvios by another editor. The file should probably be eventually moved to Commons, and OTRS verification would probably make that process a bit smoother. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:41, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for considering this issue. I am certainly no copyright lawyer, and the difference between the various types of licencing is very unclear to someone who has had little experience in this area. Marchjuly's explanation may be clear to you, but it is sure not to me. I thought when I originally uploaded the file (10 July 2013) that I was giving permission for the image to be freely used as long as it was attributed to me as the original author, but I obviously chose the wrong permissions, and it remained that way for almost 4 years. I hope I have chosen the correct permissions for it this time. If you still have any doubt, I can provide the original, uncropped photo with date/time stamps, etc. This has never been published anywhere. -- GSmyth (talk) 22 June 2017

Pixia Prod

Hi, I removed your Prod from the Pixia article, because there was already Prod in 2008 (proposer himself removed it after Prod was contested on the talk page by another editor and tried - unsuccessfully - to open AfD back then). Pavlor (talk) 11:56, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Kris Degioia

Hi Fastily, I have seen articles referring to Kris Degioia, and when I look her up, she is nowhere to be seen on Wikipedia. I read her story here last year but I have been told she is not featured. Was her story controversial enough to warrant a pull-down?

I am doing a piece on her cyber bullying and cyber stalking experience and there is no article available. Can I add the content? I have good sources and a neutral stand.

Thank You.

Warm regards, Garden28

Hi Garden28. I would suggest asking the protecting administrator (@Mkdw) if you'd like to proceed. Regards, FASTILY 02:22, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Gracie Carvalho

Hello,

I wish to recreate an article, Gracie Carvalho, that you deleted in 2011 after an expired PROD. I was thinking about asking for a deletion review but before doing anything I wanted to ask you what you thought about it. Since 2011, she gained popularity and several new sources have been published.

Here is a list of articles I found, where they are from and what they are about.

• In English :
  • Business Insider : small resume at the beginning [27]
  • Daily Mail : about Victoria's Secret [28][29]
  • Daily Star : about Beast Mode [30]
  • Fox News : about Victoria's Secret [31]
  • Maxim : about practicing Muay Thai [32]
  • New York : profile [33], general article [34], about Pirelli calendar (not centered) [35]
  • New York Daily News : about Beast Mode [36]
  • Sports Illustrated : [37]
  • WWD : about Beast Mode [38]
• In French :
  • Public : about Victoria's Secret [39][40]
  • Pure People : about Calzedonia [41], about Next [42] [43][44][45], about Victoria's Secret [46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53], about H&M [54]
  • RTL : about Victoria's Secret [55]
  • Timodelle : general article [56]
• In Italian :
  • Vogue : about Tommy Hilfiger [57][58]
• In Spanish :
  • Hola : profile [59], about Victoria's Secret [60][61]
  • Vogue : [62], about a video for Vogue [63]
• Articles that will not be used in the article but they show notability : Pure People (fr) [64][65], TMZ [66], Daily Telegraph [67], Express (de) [68], Teen Vogue [69], Vogue Italy [70], "achieved international star status"

--MirandaKeurr (talk) 02:47, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi MirandaKeurr. Please feel free to recreate. For reference, a copy of the deleted text. Regards, FASTILY 04:37, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Rockstar Internet Marketing

Hi Fastily, My page was deleted and I was wondering what I need to do to get it back up, thank you very much for your response. Sorry if I didn't format this Talk correctly, I am pretty new at this, haha.

Hi Rockstarmrktng. Wikipedia is not an advertising venue or personal blog, or directory for non-notable subjects. Thanks, FASTILY 03:12, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

What...?

What the heck happened to Category:Move to Commons Priority Candidates? That deletion effectively broke a tool I use to handle transfers, and it definitely wasn't G7 eligible. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 14:45, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Rob. Please tone down your rhetoric, this is not a battleground, and nobody is out to get you. Priority candidates was my idea, and I have opted to discontinue it because it creates a large (> 100K items) and unmaintainable (my bot hasn't maintained it in years) backlog which effectively duplicates Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons (bot-assessed). Regards, FASTILY 19:47, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

File:SphericalWorldsAmigaBoxFront.jpg

Hi, do you think this F5-deleted file can be undeleted? The article that once featured it (Spherical Worlds) has now been restored. Thanks! – Uanfala 09:43, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Uanfala, sure, no problem -FASTILY 20:49, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

Arizona Fur Con

Hello. This page was recently deleted per my request and I am looking for an image that was used in the infobox of the deleted article. I am looking to request speedy deletion of the file as a file that is dependent on the deleted page. Thank you. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 21:49, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Jalen. The file in question is File:AZ Fur Con Logo.jpg. Regards, FASTILY 20:49, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

@Jd02022092: The file unfortunately isn't eligible for G8, but it is under F5, and will be deleted within the week. Regards, FASTILY 20:53, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

File:Logo of Save Cambodias Wildlife NGO.jpg

Hi Fastily,

as stated, the owner gave permission to post the logo on wikipedia and other educational sources. Why was it deleted/ what do i have to do to upload it?

Thanks AnRoCa, 4 July 2017 AnRoCa (talk) 07:16, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi AnRoCa. Free licenses prohibiting commercial use, derivative use, or educational use only are strictly forbidden on Wikipedia. -FASTILY 08:00, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

@AnRoCa: To clarify Fastily's point, such a license does not qualify an image as "free content" under Wikipedia's interpretation, so the license is essentially irrelevant. You may still be able to upload/use it as fair use under the terms of Wikipedia:Non-free content. I have not looked into the specific case and don't know whether this specific usage will fly or not. --Trovatore (talk) 23:53, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

Deletion, No indication of notability

(Expired PROD, concern was: No indication of notability, no content to speak of). Can you guide me how to make it notable. This person is a famous artist and CEO of a government agency. He is on he news twice per week. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.106.134.210 (talk) 01:20, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi, could you please link the article in question? Also, please take a moment to review WP:GNG; not all topics are eligible for inclusion in Wikipedia. Thanks, FASTILY 21:27, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

File:Hawk Alfredson, Artist and Painting, March 22,2017.jpg

This image was deleted (April 2, 2017) from the page in my Sandbox due to lack of copyright documents. I have obtained the documents under the free license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 unported and GNU Free Documentation License. I also obtained permission/license from the photographer. I have scanned the documents and have them on my desktop. What do I do next to have the image undeleted in the article?

Lee Hanson, leehanson100@gmail.com

Hi Lee, could you please forward those documents to our OTRS team at permissions-en@wikimedia.org? Please also be sure to provide a link the deleted file and indicate that you wish to use the 'Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 unported and GNU Free Documentation License'. Thanks, FASTILY 21:27, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Vasile Troian

Hello Fastily, I need more information about deleting the page Vasile Troian. Now I saw that the page was marked PROD .. I regret that this happened and I try to find out what could be done to restore this page. I appreciate any help or advice. Ed Terano (talk) 07:34, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Ed Terano. Unfortunately, not all topics are suitable for inclusion on Wikipedia. Please see WP:GNG for more information. Regards, FASTILY 22:14, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Fastily. Thanks for the quick answer, respect your point of view, but my opinion is a little different. It is true that the page could have been better documented and I take responsibility. I would like to get this page restored as a draft and get access to, so I can add all necessary info / source to improve the content. Ed Terano (talk) 17:03, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Ed, here is a copy of the deleted text. Please note that if you resubmit this text with minimal changes, then there is a high likelihood that it will be re-deleted. Regards, FASTILY 01:49, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Permissions for images on James Joseph DeMartis article

Hi, I have changed the permissions on the four digital images of paintings for the Wikipedia article on James Joseph DeMartis to "non-free 2D art" with the permission of the copyright holder, Stephen G. DeMartis, son of the painter and administrator of his estate. The four files are the following: File:James J DeMartis Tokyo show.jpg File:James J DeMartis Landscape 1965.jpg File:James J DeMartis Maine seascape 1975.jpg File:James J DeMartis Landscape with Sunflower ca 1958.jpg Please let me know whether the rationale I have provided meets with Wikipedia's standards for fair use. Thanks! Leezk (talk) 12:09, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Leezk. If you claim the files as fair use, then please note that they must be compliant with the Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria as well. I'm seeing the potential for problems with criterion 3b and 8. Regards, FASTILY 07:59, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

File:Roy Nissany in 2016 racing for Lotus.jpg

Dear Fastily, I do not understand the reason why the referenced image was delete. I appreciate if you can give me more explanation. It should be noted that the right of this pic belongs to Roy and Chanoch Nissany who asked me to edit this page. I worked with Chanoch Nissany, I was his press and communication chief during his entire racing career, I organized all of his press and media appearances! I got the authorization from Roy and Chanoch Nissany that I can edit their wikipedia sites, updating photos, information, statistical, factual context. Every photo on their wikipedia sites (both Roy and Chanoch Nissany) is copyrighted by Chanoch Nissany who authorized me solely to edit his and his son's wikipedia site! I guess I do not need to explain more how Roy and Chanoch disappointed because of the action that Roy's photo was deleted from this page. I greatly appreciate if you can inform me how we can solve this untenable situation asap. Thanks for your cooperation in advance! Mrandrew16

Hi Mrandrew16. Free licenses disallowing non-commercial use, no derivatives, or Wikipedia-only use are prohibited on Wikipedia. You may re-upload the file under a different license if you wish. Regards, FASTILY 07:59, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Articles for creation redirects

Can you accept the redirect request for Love Me Like You Do (Justin Bieber song) at Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects? 73.204.241.132 (talk) 00:54, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi. I haven't been a participant at AfC in years; I'd suggest leaving this to someone more familiar with the process. Regards, FASTILY 21:47, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

File:Dr. Morris C. Shumiatcher.jpg

Dr. Shumiatcher was my uncle and he sent me the photo of himself back around the early 1980s. If you want further verification from his widow Jacqui Shumiatcher, please email me at KesslerRonald@gmail.com. Also Jacqui Shumiatcher was just awarded the Order of Canada. Should she have a separate Wikipedia listing?

Hi KesslerRonald. For your specific case, you may only upload the image if you are its copyright holder. It looks like this was a portrait taken by someone other than your uncle, meaning that the copyright most likely remains with whoever the photographer was. Regards, FASTILY 21:47, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

RfA

Thanks for supporting my run for administrator. I am honored and grateful. ) Cullen328 Let's discuss it 21:33, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

KenCol deleted page

Our attempt yesterday (Wed 7/26) to make a page for our Police Department was deleted. If I understand it, it was for copyright problems. Again, I believe it may have been for the pictures or images used, not the text. The images either were open use or made by us (the police department). We were attempting to use pictures as that seesm to be a more attractive Wikipedia page over just using text. Since I have 99% of the text used on the page saved in a word document, not much was 'lost'.

Can we get more of an exact description of the problem?

Thanks, the Lower Makefield Township Police Department. 0910 EST, Jul 27, 2017

Hi KenCol. As per WP:NOTWEBHOST, User pages may not be used as personal blogs/web pages. If you would like to create an article, then please use the article space. Thanks, FASTILY 22:10, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Ali Ashkannejad

Hi Fastily, How can I improve the sources in order to prevent deletion of the page Ali Ashkannejad? As I remember it had books and amazon source as well. Can I create it again? Or is it possible to translate the persian wiki page directly to english? because it has many various sources. Dear Fastily, my native languge is not english and I am really interested to have the page and I do my best, please help me Thank you Marzipan maezipan 06:33, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Marzipan maezipan. Sure, how about trying a translation from the Persian Wikipedia to English? Regards, FASTILY 03:39, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Dear Fastily, Great thanks for your reply to my message. Yes, I will try it! But I have two questions and it is your kindness to answer them, again. First is that I do not know the page Ali Ashkannejad is deleted or it is waiting for the consensus? If it is still waiting for the agreement on its deletion or remain, is it possible to start recreating by translating its Persian wiki page? The next question is that, what is your advise: I translate it myself (not translation machine), or I ask a wiki translator who has translated Persian pages to English, before? Thank you very much, Fastily Marzipan maezipan 08:30, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Up to you. Choose whichever option you're most comfortable with. -FASTILY 06:17, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, Fastily Marzipan maezipan 17:29, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

File:Chung-in Moon @ CogitASIA.jpg

Hi Fastily, How are you. I need some well needed help. I uploaded an image located here, File:Chung-in Moon @ CogitASIA.jpg, by the wizard, filled in the details, specifying the licence as described here: Image licence, which is a: Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0), then two minutes later, a bot comes along and tries to deleted. scope_creep (talk) 11:13, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

got it fixed. scope_creep (talk) 13:30, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

File:Hhgregg Logo A E.png

Hello, I see that nine days ago you deleted File:Hhgregg Logo A E.png as "(F5: Unused non-free media file for more than 7 days)". That file would now be handy to have, since the other file that was being used in the hhgregg article (File:Hhgregg-logo.svg) has since been deleted as part of a mass deletion of images uploaded by a particular user. So now there is no logo image in the hhgregg article. The need to illustrate the logo of the company seems like an adequate fair use justification. Is it possible to undelete the image? —BarrelProof (talk) 20:32, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi BarrelProof. Sure, no problem. Regards, FASTILY 20:37, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! —BarrelProof (talk) 21:45, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

File:WaitingForGodot.JPG

Following Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2017 July 21#File:WaitingForGodot.JPG, you deleted File:WaitingForGodot.JPG. User:Yann had argued in that discussion that the image is "Not needed, we have a free file now.", referring to his recently uploaded file File:En attendant Godot, Festival d'Avignon, 1978.jpeg. That's a fine image and it's still in the article Waiting for Godot, but following guidance at Template:Infobox play (and Template:Infobox book), the previous 1st edition cover is preferrable. Could you please restore that file and restore it into the article's infobox. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 08:01, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Michael. I'm hesitant to do so, because there appears to be an issue with WP:NFCC#1, which was policy backing the original FfD nomination. Best case, I'll restore it for another FfD. Pinging @Yann for their opinion on this matter. Regards, FASTILY 20:37, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Well, I thought it would be better to replace a fair use file by a free one, but if others think otherwise... Regards, Yann (talk) 22:54, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Fair use is regularly applied for 1st edition covers and it's widely used for thousands of articles. A free image of a performance is no substitute. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 07:05, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Azillion

Hi Fastily. I noticed that you deleted Azillion just now for WP:CSD#R2 (cross-namespace redirect). However, I was just about to decline this speedy deletion on the basis that it had a substantive page history (it was originally redirected for lack of notability) and could have simply been retargeted to Iggy Azalea. Do you mind if I restore the page? Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 06:32, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Mz7. Sure, please do. Regards, FASTILY 07:52, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! Mz7 (talk) 17:27, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Rick Astley

Looks like you indefinitely semi'd Rick Astley back in 2010 when pending changes wasn't working. Is it perhaps time to unprotect or go back to pending changes for this page? Thanks.--Policy Reformer(c) 01:45, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi PolicyReformer. I do not feel I am familiar enough with the current situation to make an informed decision. Please do make a request at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection if you would like to see the page's protection level modified. Regards, FASTILY 10:03, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

App will not let me log in

@Fastily: It keeps saying do you have read/write permissions? What does this mean? How do I fix this? SparklingPessimist ^{Scream at me!} 19:13, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi SparklingPessimist. Assuming you are referring to MTC!, could you please tell me the Operating system you are using and the specific steps you took to encounter this error? Thanks, FASTILY 01:41, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

@Fastily: I am using Windows 10, I downloaded the app, opened it using java and it asked me to login when I did it came up with an error message that said "Do you have read/write permissions?" And then the app closed. SparklingPessimist ^{Scream at me!} 02:04, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Is the application still in your downloads folder? If so, try moving it to another folder on your computer. I'm guessing that the application was not able to create its temporary folder where it saves downloaded Wikipedia images. Regards, FASTILY 02:11, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

File:Tekfusion First Logo.png

Dear Friend,

The File:Tekfusion First Logo.png is useful in an article of company that I had recently been working on - an article which had been undeleted recently upon my request for its further contribution and improvement. Kindly undelete File:Tekfusion First Logo.png as it is being used in the organization article named "Tekfusion". Thank you.

Hi RaviKumar86. Done, but for the record, I have also nominated the article for deletion. Thanks, FASTILY 07:47, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

May I know for what reason you did that ? Or is it because it is an article about an Indian company? Doing this will simply imply that you are actually biased against Indian companies for one reason or another. Tekfusion is a notable Audio brand in India. There is already very less information out there for Indians to read about noteworthy brands in India, and by simply deleting or nominating important articles for deletion, you are killing a very important topic. I see no reason why you would consider the article for deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RaviKumar86 (talk • contribs) 09:57, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Hi RaviKumar86. Since your account is only a few months old, there are probably lots of things about Wikipedia that you are still figuring out. Since Wikiepdia is a collaborative editing project, its improtant that we try and remain civil and assume good faith as much as possible when discussing matters with other editors. Articles are not typically nominated for deletion because the nominitor is "biased" against the subject matter, especially in cases where the nominator is very experienced editor/administrator such as Fastily; rather, articles are usually nominated because someone believes the article does not satisfy Wikipedia:Notability, Please be careful about making bad-faith assumptions about others, unless you are clearly able to demonstrate such a pattern of behavior by providing evidence of such as explained in Wikipedia:Casting aspersions. Instead of commenting on Fastily as an editor, it would be much better to address the concerns raised about the article and see if you can establish a consensus that it satisfies Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) in the AfD discussion. Moreover, it's a good idea to assume (at least at first) to assume that an editor is here to try and improve the overall quality of Wikipedia until they clearly demonstrate through their edits that they are not.

Finally, please try and remember to sign you talk page posts. There are a couple of ways to do thig, but the easiest ways are explained in Wikipedia:Signatures#How to sign your posts. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:00, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Apologies for my assumptions on the actions taken by Fastily as an editor. I just felt that it would be important to provide information that would be relevant to the Indian readers on organizations, as less and less is available for notable companies in India. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by RaviKumar86 (talk • contribs) 07:50, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	For your tedious work at mass-deleting G13 eligible drafts in true spirits of the recently closed RFC. Have a good day. Winged Blades of GodricOn leave 09:38, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Winged Blades of Godric, thank you so much! :) I'm glad I could be of assistance. Best, FASTILY 09:51, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

BAGBot: Your bot request FastilyBot 13

Someone has marked Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/FastilyBot 13 as needing your input. Please visit that page to reply to the requests. Thanks! AnomieBOT⚡ 08:49, 28 August 2017 (UTC) To opt out of these notifications, place {{bots|optout=operatorassistanceneeded}} anywhere on this page.

Draft:SysTools Inc.

Hi Fastily,

At last, I have page name as SysTools Inc.. And page is deleted by you because of G13: Abandoned AfC submission issue. Now i want to continue that page again as having resource for the same "SysTools Inc.". Can you help me for the same. Regards Anuraag Singh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anuraag Singh (talk • contribs) 09:46, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

File:Coburg-1915.jpg

You closed Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion/2017_August_10#File:Coburg-1915.jpg as a delete. There was a prior discussion at Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2009_April_16#Coburg-1915.jpg where the deWiki deletion was discussed and the file was kept as a PD-US due to publication prior to 1923. Agathoclea (talk) 08:30, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Agathoclea. Do you have new evidence to present? It seems that the previous discussion ended with assumed/possibly free as opposed to proven free + evidence. Regards, FASTILY 00:57, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Only old evidence. The timeline of events was a deletion discussion on deWiki which correctly led to a deletion deWiki. Then a followon deletion discussion on enWiki in 2009 which ended in the keep based on the 1915 publication and the understanding that this would be under PD-US (leading to the oddity that this could not be on commons as it would need to be free in both jurisdictions). The 2017 discussion only referenced the deWiki discussion and not the 2009 discussion here. The only reason to delete this here would be to say that the PD-US application was wrong and/or that even if it is correct, that enWiki expects the file to be free in both jurisdictions like commons. On the later argument I would expect you to be more up to spec than myself as you tend to be more involved in image matters. Agathoclea (talk) 12:21, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Only old evidence. Then I'm opposed to unilateral restoration because it has never been proven that the file was first published in the USA in 1915; i.e. the file is missing a verifiable source, which satisfies WP:CSD#F4. If you can prove otherwise, I'll happily restore. Kind Regards, FASTILY 01:22, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Phoenix (web framework)

Hello Fastily, could you please confirm why you deleted the Phoenix (web framework) page that I created? It was not promotional or advertising content, and was comparable to other web framework pages I listed in this talk section, and had some more content than some of those which haven't been deleted:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Express.js

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_(web_framework)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinatra_(software)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_on_Rails

Hi Willykaram. I did not delete your version of Phoenix (web framework). Please discuss with @Alex Shih. Thanks, FASTILY 01:22, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

File:Wade michael page police handout.png

The votes on deleting this image were a tie, the nominator and myself. Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2017 August 27#File:Wade michael page police handout.png Why did you declare the consensus as delete? This is highly irregular. I protest, request you restore the image, and suggest you repost for further discussion. Note that I was sick on the 27th, did not edit wikipedia that day, and was not notified of the reposting or deletion. μηδείς (talk) 01:09, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Medeis. Please disregard that closure. I must have hit delete by accident. Thanks, FASTILY 01:18, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

I appreciate it. μηδείς (talk) 01:47, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Deletion review for File:Photo of AC 759 near landing on taxiway at SFO.jpg

An editor has asked for a deletion review of File:Photo of AC 759 near landing on taxiway at SFO.jpg. 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. CapitalSasha ~ talk 16:11, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

File:420 DDAY Jozi 2013.jpg

Highya Fastily, could you please tell me why you deleted this file that has been in the public domain since 2013 and whereby the source album this image originates from has been granted permission for reuse?--MickeyDangerez (talk) 06:05, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi MickeyDangerez. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I had a second look, and was able to verify that the image is available under the Cc-by-sa-4.0. I have restored the image. Regards, FASTILY 07:19, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you so much, your most valuable time is greatly appreciated. --MickeyDangerez (talk) 10:57, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Draft:Panzer 88

Draft:Panzer 88 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) is currently at MfD with multiple keep votes; can you please refund the recent G13? Thanks! VQuakr (talk) 00:00, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

I disagree. The keep voters are not even making coherent comments. G13 applies and no one has provided evidence the page can be improved. Legacypac (talk) 00:02, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

You disagree that G13 is subject to refund? Why are you replying here? VQuakr (talk) 00:07, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi VQuaker. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I have restored the draft so the MfD may continue. Thanks, FASTILY 04:08, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Please remember to restore talk pages, too.  Thanks, Unscintillating (talk) 12:58, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Found another one

I found another strange redirect Talk:Clint Eastwood/Comments, same issue as this one you deleted. - FlightTime (open channel) 16:13, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi FlightTime,  Deleted -FASTILY 00:03, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @Fastily and FlightTime: /Comments subpages were previously used for comments on WikiProject assessments. See Wikipedia:Discontinuation of comments subpages. — JJMC89 (T·C) 04:16, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

@JJMC89: Well, that makes sense. So in the dark ages Mediawiki only had User pages and not User_talk, I assume. - FlightTime (open channel) 06:30, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi JJMC89. Should the page be restored? There has only been one human-created revision, from Gnamaree. Regards, FASTILY 06:43, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Do we need to keep it for attribution? If not, then it can stay deleted. The content was subst into Talk:Clint Eastwood/Archive 1. The same was also done for Talk:Tom Petty. — JJMC89 (T·C) 06:54, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Pastorflex photos

I notice that you nominated File:Emilia Nkanga.jpg for FFD. Would you mind looking the other uploads of Pastorflex (talk · contribs)? I have a feeling that a lot of them are not really own work. – Train2104 (t • c) 02:29, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Train2104. Yes, I think you're right. A mass-nom is probably in order. Regards, FASTILY 04:11, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Draft:Metocguy/sandbox/Deep Carbon Science

Hi Fastily!

I'm posting a note to let you know that I wanted to recover the content from a draft you recently deleted (draft:Metocguy/sandbox/Deep_Carbon_Science)

Some of the contents were of interest to me. If it's ok with you, I'd like to use the WP:REFUND/G13 functionality to restore the page.

Many thanks,

Mice of Mu (talk) 19:54, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Mice of Mu. Here is a copy of the text. Alternatively, if you'd prefer that the page to be outright restored, let me know and I can do that too. Regards, FASTILY 01:19, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

No, the text is perfect. Thank you. Best, Mice of Mu (talk) 14:58, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

G13s

Hey, I know this about something that happened three days ago, but I thought I'd drop a note about it. Saw a comment regarding the deletion of List of fictional characters with disabilities, which was nominated as G13 after it had been accepted to the article space. Not sure if it got deleted due to a d-batch or a misclick, but I just thought I'd say something, since articles aren't G13-eligible. Cheers, Primefac (talk) 14:30, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Primefac. Yes, definitely a misclick. Thanks for letting me know. Regards, FASTILY 18:32, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Mistake on my part too, partly because of a bot reporting error. Legacypac (talk) 18:45, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

File:Patrick Brown campaigning Welland.jpg

Why such a quick deletion..what's the rush? I don't get it? Magicmondays (talk) 02:55, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Magicmondays. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. In your case, you will require written authorization from Patrick Brown (or his authorized representative) releasing the image under a free license suitable for Wikipedia. This authorization must also be emailed to our OTRS team (permissions-en@wikimedia.org), who will verify the contents of the email before the file can be restored. Regards, FASTILY 03:07, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

FFD closed..

Hi, Fastily,

Warm greetings! Would you be willing to undertake the course of actions mentioned by you at here.If you choose to decline, please undo my close.Regards:)Winged Blades of Godric^{On leave} 16:29, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Godric. There's nothing in RP88's suggested solution that you wouldn't be able to do (revert the image to the version at 01:17, 17 October 2007 and tag the file with {{subst:orfurrev}}. Seeing how I'm a participant in the discussion, it probably would be best if I didn't perform this step :) Kind Regards, FASTILY 19:37, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

File:8-Week Old German Shepherd Puppy.jpg

Hi, Did the uploader of File:8-Week Old German Shepherd Puppy.jpg request deletion or did someone just randomly place a CSD on it ?, Once Commonshelper was up I was going to transfer to Commons that was all, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 19:03, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Davey2010. Yes, the uploader requested deletion. I've also transferred the file to Commons. I wrote my own move to commons tool after getting frustrated with CommonsHelper 's frequent outages and Magnus' disinterest in continued maintenance of the tool. Regards, FASTILY 19:12, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Fastily, Ah right, Sorry I wasn't accusing you of lying or anything It's just an admin a few days ago prodded it so didn't know if they returned or something, Not sure if it's related to his tools but for some bizarre reason my account wont connect to OAuth so I was gonna give it a few days and if nothing then reupload myself, Thanks so much for kindly transferring it as well as for the tool link - I think that'll become my new best friend here lol, Anyway thanks again for your help it's very much appreciated :), Have a great day, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 19:56, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi Fastily, thank you for your comments at my RfA. Your support is much appreciated! ansh666 20:48, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

File:Hawg.jpg

I have updated the information on this photo. The photo dates from 1922 and was taken by the subject's wife. The date, in any case, makes it out of copyright. Myosotis Scorpioides 08:42, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Myosotis Scorpioides. Thanks for that clarification. However, this raises a potentially new issue with the copyright. Was the photo first published in 1922? If not, then a copyright may still exist because it will not expire until 70 years after the day the subject's wife dies/died. Regards, FASTILY 00:11, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

I'm not getting into some protracted argument over this. If you want to delete the photo, then just delete it. It is quite clearly out of copyright (the wife having died in 1933) but you appear determined to delete this - so just do it. Myosotis Scorpioides 20:21, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Hello

Hi Fastily. You recently closed a deletion discussion Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion/2017_August_27#File:Awesome_page_of_awesome.JPG) as F8, file moved to Commons. Please could you advise me where on Commons it is? The image is red-linked. Alternatively if it isn’t on Commons, could you temporarily undelete it and move it to Commons? I do not want to misuse my admin tools by undeleting the image myself. Thanks, fish&karate 18:44, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Fish and karate. The file was uploaded to c:File:Awesome page of awesome.JPG, but it was subsequently nominated for deletion because it was not linked anywhere. Would you please consider linking the file somewhere in your user space so Commons will restore the file? Thanks, FASTILY 19:37, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

File:Vilnius university logo.svg

Could you reinstate File:Vilnius university logo.svg? There is a new svg version available and I could update this instantly. I also ask this, because I do not know what licence was used and that would be helpful. – Sabbatino (talk) 08:28, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Sabbatino. I'm not sure what you mean by that. The file was deleted as an orphaned non-free file. If you are looking to upload a new version, then the old file should not be restored. Regards, FASTILY 20:28, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

What I meant was that I do not know what licence tags were used, and instead of uploading a new version, I could just update it if the file was reinstated. – Sabbatino (talk) 07:28, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

The license tag used was {{Non-free school logo}}. If I was to restore the image, the old revision would be deleted anyways in accordance with WP:CSD#F5, see here. That is why I suggested that you to simply upload a new copy of the file. Regards, FASTILY 19:37, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying the licence tag. And yes, it would be deleted if you were to reinstate it. – Sabbatino (talk) 09:10, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

XFD closer

When deleting a template listed at TFD, it's generally best to close the discussion and then delete. It's even easier when you use User:Evad37/XFDcloser, because it deletes it for you! Primefac (talk) 01:28, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Primefac. Thanks for the suggestion. AnomieBOT automatically closes discussions where the template was deleted, and I think that's a great way to work. In the interest of browsing speed/load-time, I prefer not to add additional js to my browser unless I absolutely must. Regards, FASTILY 01:56, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

MV Star Osakana

I messed up the ping, please see the discussion at WT:SHIPS re the MV Star Oakana article, an expired prod which you deleted. Mjroots (talk) 12:11, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Images lacking infromation.

Is this of any use? https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/18892. I'd suggest forking it and adapting it for whatever purposes you would find useful. In using it I was able to add information blocks to a LOT of images, (and found a few that needed to be looked at FFD.) ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 08:25, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi ShakespeareFan00. Thanks for sharing. Do you have a specific use case in mind for this? For instance, is this something you'd like to see in a recurring DBR? Regards, FASTILY 00:11, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

I'm not sure if a DBR would help given the speed with which I go through this!, The idea is to get as many files as possible having {{information}} blocks, which also helps identify those without sources, authors, dates and so on. I sometimes tweak the query to cover additional images.

If you wanted to come up with a narrowly scoped DBR from this query, feel free. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 20:49, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

BTW I'd appreciate you reviewing my recent information additions, and adding to it where needed. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 21:43, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Also - https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/18909 ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 07:19, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll check it out too. Regards, FASTILY 20:28, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

@ShakespeareFan00: I recently put together Wikipedia:Database reports/Files without a license tag, Wikipedia:Database reports/Local files with a duplicate on Commons, and Wikipedia:Database reports/Local files with a duplicate on Commons. Are these helpful to you? Regards, FASTILY 04:24, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

File:Hemileuca lucina larvae.jpg

Hello Fastily,

Thank you for your recent feedback on my Wikipedia article. I am still learning how to upload photos and write articles on Wikipedia, so your feedback is greatly appreciated.

I just have a question about your recent deletion of my photo file. Even if I do get permission from the original author of the photo, is that still insufficient for me to use it?

I was under the assumption that if I am granted a permission from the author, I would be able to use it.

Please let me know your thoughts!

Thank you so much again for your time and help.

Sincerely, Sungjaepark (talk) 04:29, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi Sungjaepark. Yes. Please go to WP:DCP to obtain the necessary release forms (which the author must fill out). This agreement must also be forwarded to our OTRS team (permissions-en@wikimedia.org) for verification before the file can be restored. Best, FASTILY 04:34, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Hello Fastily,

I have recently contacted the author of the photo and she has changed the copy right to public domain for me to freely use it on Wikipedia. I have tried re-uploading the photo multiple times under different names but it seems like the file itself has been blocked/marked as copy-right violated file. Could you please modify the status of the file so that I can re-upload it?

For your reference, https://www.flickr.com/photos/urtica/644191657/ is the original source of the photo with public domain license.

Thank you and please let me know. Sungjaepark (talk) 17:33, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi Sungjaepark. Thank you for securing that release. I have restored the file; you may now edit it via Commons. Regards, FASTILY 19:04, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Autoreplaceable

Is there a particular reason you made these edits? [71] [72] – Train2104 (t • c) 17:23, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi Train2104. Yes. {{subst:Rfu}} is the standard template for non-free replaceable files. I note that the same pages also use the standard template {{subst:Nld}} for instances where the uploader does not know the license. -FASTILY 18:53, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

File:ABNKKBSNPLAKo?!.jpg

Hi,

I have a question. Was this actually a duplicate? Thanks. Artix (Message wall) 16:44, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi Artix. Yes. For reference: the original file and description page. -FASTILY 21:59, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Hey! Fastily.

I created a draft and it shows you are linked to that draft. I was wondering how. see this--Bond111 (talk) 04:48, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Failed to parse

In User:FastilyBot/File PROD Summary, none of the files are shown in the table. Instead, they are all shown in the "Failed to Parse" section. Why does this occur, and how can it be fixed? GeoffreyT2000 ^{(talk, contribs)} 13:57, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi GeoffreyT2000. Yes, I'm aware of the issue, but I won't be able to get around to fixing it until early next week (traveling and don't have access to my Raspberry Pi). Regards, FASTILY 01:30, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Files you deleted

Hi, can you restore the 4 files you deleted I forgot to add them to articles and would appreciate getting them back instead of uploading again, specifically this, this, this, and this one Thank you. Artix (Message wall) 02:26, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Done -FASTILY 18:38, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

I have added them all to pages. Artix (Message wall) 19:33, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Condom-associated erection problems (CAEP)

Hi Fastily, can I get the text that was on Condom-associated erection problems (CAEP) before it was deleted? I would like to figure out if I can rewrite the article so that it doesn't get deleted. Sincerely, Ethanbas ^(talk) 17:32, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi Ethanbas. Certainly, here you go. Regards, FASTILY 23:31, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

File:Nikil Viswanathan.jpg

I must have forgotten to remove the CSD tag. My mistake. It was originally a F3 violation but the source was changed after I explained to them what we needed. Could you please undelete the image? Thanks! --Majora (talk) 18:02, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi Majora. Sure,  Done Regards, FASTILY 23:31, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

FastilyBot source code

Hello, I was taking a look at your bot (the SPI task) and trying to see the source code for the malformed cases bit (just curiosity, no particular problems) but it seems your GitHub repo doesn't exist anymore. If you don't mind could you consider making the source code available again? Thanks a lot. Also, it's good to have you back from Commons. --QEDK (愛 • 海) 18:55, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi QEDK. I just fixed the broken link. Best, FASTILY 20:43, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Much thanks. :) --QEDK (愛 • 海) 06:52, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Page restore

Hi Fastly, Can you restore the entertale company page you deleted would appreciate it

Hi, could you please provide a link to the page you're referring to? Thanks, FASTILY 01:10, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

TFD

You might be interested in User:Evad37/XFDcloser. It gives "one stop shopping" to closing XFDs. Primefac (talk) 01:17, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

File:Flag of Syberia.png

Hi!

Your bot (FastilyBot) were advised me, that this picture (File:Flag of Syberia.png) doesn't have copyright. As I am not working too much on Wikipedia, it was hard to found a correct Copyright thing to put there. I found under some other's flag's copyright and I copied that there. Not perfect probably, but I hope it will make it. :) If not, please help :D By the way, I made that flag, so I don't need permission to use it, but if the site insist to have a copyright, I add one.

If it good, can I delete the advice (under the pic)? Or you can do it only? :)

Thanks for the help :)

User:hph01

Hi Hph01. Thanks for updating. Regards, FASTILY 21:26, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

File:Wooden Leg 1913.jpg

Why are we now deleting images that are PD and tagged keep local without even an attempt to move to Commons? SpinningSpark 16:31, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Done now. -FASTILY 21:26, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Even if wasn't PD by publication date, if it was done for the Smithsonian, that makes it a work of a US Federal Agency, right? SpinningSpark 23:12, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Only if it was created by an employee of the institute, see {{PD-USGov-SI}} & {{PD-USGov-SI}}. Regards, FASTILY 23:44, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

File:Derek Portrait.png

You deleted an image I uploaded and I am at a loss to understand the reason. A stern message states: "Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing." This would be quite upsetting to be blocked, after I keep trying unsuccessfully to upload the same image, because I have the subect's permission to use his image in the InfoBox and elsewhere, and the photographer's permission to use the image.

The photographer sent the email below to permissions-commons@wikipedia.org

"I hereby affirm that I, (photographer's name is here), am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the media work attached to this eMail.

"I agree to publish the above-mentioned work under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.

"I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work, even in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.

"I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites.

"I am aware that the copyright holder always retains ownership of the copyright as well as the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by the copyright holder.

"I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project."

(Photographer's name is here)

2017-09-13

The following text is placed in the Tag box at upload time:

Author: (photographer's name)

Source: (photographer's name)

URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: (filename)

Fair use rationale: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

{ { cc - by - sa - 4.0 } } (I added spaces so you can see the text, however there are no spaces when I add this)

I am at my wit's end, having watched hours of YouTube videos on how to upload the image, read pages and pages of instructions, and it's so complicated I would hugely appreciate it if someone could tell me in as few as possible reproducible steps how to get the image to stick, as there are going to be more images, and this process has taken an enormous amount of my time, and thus prevented me from completing the article.

Chrisdevelop (talk) 03:48, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Fastily, might be worth checking out VRTS ticket # 2017091310012512. Chrisdevelop, the issue was that no mention of the permissions email was given, so the person who tagged the image simply didn't know it was submitted with permission. Based on what I've seen I expect the image will be undeleted, but I'll leave that up to Fastily as the deleting admin. Primefac (talk) 11:38, 24 October 2017 (UTC) (talk page stalker)

I have completed the photo upload as per the OTRS ticket, it is now available at File:Derek Williams Portrait.jpg. Regards, FASTILY 18:05, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you Primefac (talk) and FASTILY for adding this image.

Laois Intermediate Football Championship

Hi Fastily,

Back in 2012 you deleted an article I had created.

00:09, 16 February 2012 Fastily (talk | contribs) deleted page Laois Intermediate Football Championship (Expired PROD, concern was: Non-notable, second-grade, intermediate, amateur county football competition. Lacks significant, multiple, independent RS coverage.)

Fine. No problem. However, my question is how the article differs from for example Dublin Intermediate Football Championship, Cork Intermediate Football Championship, Kildare Intermediate Football Championship or Mayo Intermediate Football Championship?

I'm prepared to reference the artice better than it was if you are prepared to recreate it on the basis above.

Hope I'm making sense. I'm not much of an expert on the "rules" of Wikipedia.

Heshs Umpire (talk) 15:00, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi Heshs Umpire. The article was deleted after an uncontested nomination by @Epeefleche via the Proposed deletion process. I have made the text of the article available here so you may improve it before recreating. Regards, FASTILY 18:05, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

User:Mrderpzter/Books/My Attempts

Hello, Fastily.

I don't understand why my book was removed. I created this book to organize the information on Wikipedia about music theory and composition in a way that would make it easier to access and connect. Apparently, it was taken down for WP:MEMORIAL, but after reading about it, I still don't understand what was wrong with the book. Thank you in advance.

Hi Mrderpzter. Wikipedia is not a webhost for miscellaneous notes and personal writings. See also: WP:CSD#U5. Regards, FASTILY 18:01, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Apparently, in August you got rid of Itchycoo Park page from MPeople. Is there any reason for this? I created the content so I'm surprised it has gone.

Thanks.

Hi, please provide a link to the page in question. -FASTILY 18:01, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

ip-range-calc

Hi Fastily, Could you format the output on this to include a list of supported blocks for WMF? (e.g. instead of outputing 10.1.0.0/15, output 10.1.0.0/16, 10.2.0.0/16) (perhaps in addition to the pure CIDR output?) — xaosflux ^Talk 18:56, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Maybe a pull down control (Maximum range size)? — xaosflux ^Talk 19:05, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi Xaosflux. Sure, I'll see what I can do. Regards, FASTILY 23:42, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Michael Semanchik images

User:Train2104 wrote the following message to me on his talk page: "If you choose to reupload the images, you must indicate that you have sent permission by placing the tag ["subst:OP"] on the page. Fastily feel free to restore these on that condition." Please undo the deletion of the image Michael Semanchik.jpeg, if possible (I'm not interested in the other deleted one) and I will place the tag on the page, as Train2104 instructed. Thanks. Dylanexpert (talk) 13:34, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi Dylanexpert. Could you please first provide the ticket number(s) you received in response from OTRS after emailing permissions-en@wikimedia.org? Thanks, FASTILY 18:05, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. The ticket number is Ticket#: 2017102410000074. Dylanexpert (talk) 14:48, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi Dylanexpert. There is a problem with the copyrights. The photographer(s), not the person who owns the camera, are legal owners of the copyright of each of the photos. Meaning: each of the photographers must individually release the copyright of the image(s) in order for them to be acceptable for Wikipedia. Regards, FASTILY 23:42, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

I know it's not your fault, you didn't make Wikipedia's rules, but I think that this is a ridiculous rule. What you're saying is that Wikipedia wouldn't accept an image he took with his own camera, unless it was literally a selfie. Once, for a scholarly article I was editing, I obtained an image of a famous filmmaker and, with considerable effort, got special written permission from the relevant film studio to use the image in the article, permission which just about any scholarly publisher would have accepted as sufficient... and Wikipedia rejected the image! I'll try to see if I can get Mr. Semanchik to find out if the completely amateur "photographers" will give us permission to use the photos, but it seems like such a waste of time to me. Dylanexpert (talk) 19:48, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

The Crossing (TV series)

As noted: 00:24, 13 October 2017 Fastily (talk | contribs) deleted page The Crossing (TV series) (Expired PROD, concern was: Fails WP:TVSERIES. Not yet released.)

Per WP:TVSERIES "...in most cases, a television series is not eligible for an article until its scheduling as an ongoing series has been formally confirmed by a television network (for instance, it has been announced at a television network's upfront presentation as being scheduled and advanced to series)."

The Crossing was announced at the Upfronts in the spring as a confirmed, ordered series scheduled for spring 2018, thus ineligible for page deletion.

Please restore the page.

Dlairman (talk) 14:45, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Done, as a contested PROD. Courtesy ping for @GeoffreyT2000. -FASTILY 02:08, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! Dlairman (talk) 20:19, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Katha Sangama (2017 film)

This article has enough references. The principle photography has been started. Kindly restore it.

http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2017/sep/28/chandrajith-belliappas-debut-in-rishab-shettys-katha-sangama-1663812.html

Thank you Wikieditorksd (talk) 12:36, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Done, as a contested PROD. Courtesy ping for @Bovineboy2008. -FASTILY 18:54, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

BeeBoard

Hi Fastily - Not sure why BeeBoard page was deleted. The product was recently awarded a US Patent and is currently being marketed and sold in the US. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.217.185.138 (talk) 17:49, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

http://www.google.tm/patents/US9753489 http://www.sixteen-nine.net/2017/04/04/beeboard-introduces-publisher-and-viewer-for-social-digital-signage/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.217.185.138 (talk) 17:55, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi, the reason is stated in the deletion log. -FASTILY 18:54, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Can you please restore page so that additional sources can be added? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Genbosmit (talk • contribs) 15:41, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

File:Nineteen Eighty-Four manuscript.jpg

Can you please email me the original upload of this file? Thanks. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:54, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Or alternately, if you don't want to give me your email address (totally legit), please provide it at some upload/download site and let me know where it is and you can delete it from there. If you respond here, please use {{ping}}. Thank you again. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:06, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Koavf. Sure, no problem: [73]. Regards, FASTILY 23:51, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Score. Thanks. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:15, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Bob Freville

Hi, I'm writing about a Wikipedia article/page that was created about me, Bob Freville. I was told that you removed it the other day because you decided it was being used for self-promotion. I'm writing to ask you to please reinstate it as it was not initially created by me, rather it was created by one of my fans. Furthermore, an attempt was made to add information to it about my upcoming book. Again, not for the sake of self-promotion but to keep my readers up to date on what I am up to.

Any information you can share with me about this matter would be much appreciated. Please note that this article was live for many years without incident.

Thanks in advance for your feedback and I hope we can resolve this.

Sincerely, 24.188.146.201 (talk) 20:57, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi Bob. The article was removed via Proposed deletion following a nomination by @ZettaComposer. As such, you are welcome to request its return via Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion, although I suspect that it will not survive a probable, subsequent Articles for deletion (i.e. a more permanent form of deletion) nomination. Regards, FASTILY 06:42, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

User:FullMetal Falcon/FMF

this page deletion : User:FullMetal Falcon/FMF

?

100.14.81.196 (talk) 08:43, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Per G8; it was a redirect to User:FullMetal Falcon which used to be a deleted page. -FASTILY 22:10, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

File:Divided We Fall (video game).png

Hi Fastily. You deleted File:Divided We Fall (video game).png per WP:F5 a few weeks back. At that time it was was being used in Draft:Divided We Fall (video game), so it was removed per WP:NFCC#9. That draft, however, has been approved via AfC, so I was wondering if you could take a peek at the file's page and see if it had a WP:FUR that is otherwise in order. If it is, then the file can probably be "undeleted" since it would no longer would an orphan. If there are still some other issues besides the NFCC#9 stuff, perhaps the uploader or someone else can sort them out. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:25, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. Sure,  Done. Regards, FASTILY 22:36, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

PT-42 Recyphering Table File

Hi Fastily, can I ask you a favour. I want to upload a bunch of these images, which explain certain things about various Russian codes, and I would like to make sure it is ok before I upload more of them. This is the first one: File:PT-42 Recypher Table.png Could you have a look at it, and see if it is ok. It comes from a document which Diannaa has already determined is in the public domain, and is one of the TICOM documents, I-19c. Thanks. scope_creep (talk) 10:35, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi scope creep. Looks good to me. Regards, FASTILY 22:35, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:52, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/David Ross McAndie

Is there any way to restore the above page. I would like to update it and resubmit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kenullman (talk • contribs) 18:13, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi Kenullman. Here is a copy of the page. Please note that if you resubmit without removing the copied text, then the page will be removed again. Regards, FASTILY 20:00, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

User:FastilyBot/File PROD Summary

Hi Fastily. For some reason Fastilybot keeps adding File:Rayman 3 Box Art.png to User:FastilyBot/File PROD Summary and the file keeps getting flagged as a WP:NFCC#9 violation. This doesn't appear to be a case of a local file shadowing one on Commons, so I'm not sure why it keeps getting re-added. Would you mind taking a look? Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 14:06, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @Marchjuly: FastilyBot copies |concern= from {{Proposed deletion/dated files}}. I fixed the issue at the source. — JJMC89 (T·C) 03:51, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the info JJMC89. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:15, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Albi Albertsson

Hi, just saw that this article was deleted. I'm wondering if it can be recovered, if the info that was not backed by reliable sources is deleted? It contained a list of published works including very famous songs, to which this composer was linked. It is not uncommon for fans of popular music like K-Pop to look up an overview of a specific composers works. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.66.237.80 (talk) 20:17, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi, the article was removed via Proposed deletion following a nomination by @Explicit. As such, you are welcome to request its return via Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion, although I suspect that it will not survive a probable, subsequent Articles for deletion (i.e. a more permanent form of deletion) nomination. Regards, FASTILY 20:43, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Joel Berke

Hello,

I just saw that you deleted my page on writer/filmmaker Joel Berke. He has several produced credits on the Internet Movie Database and several projects in development. I am confused as to the reasoning for you deeming him "not notable."

Thanks,

AL — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlexanderLeague (talk • contribs) 23:10, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

File:SarekOfVulcan with Bag Balm.jpg

Hi, Fastily. It's not really a big deal, but could you undelete File:SarekOfVulcan with Bag Balm.jpg? It was deleted as a unused personal image, but it is linked from a couple of discussions. Thanks.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:03, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi SarekOfVulcan. While I'm not personally opposed to restoration, I'm hesitant to go about this as a REFUND, seeing that there were other participants in the discussion who !voted delete. I would support a DRV however. Regards, FASTILY 00:34, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Deletion review for File:SarekOfVulcan with Bag Balm.jpg

An editor has asked for a deletion review of File:SarekOfVulcan with Bag Balm.jpg. 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. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 06:10, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

File:Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.png

Can this be restored? This was not on my watchlist, and AFAIK there was no listed discussion. A license issue is a quick fix, happy to rectify it.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 08:11, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Kintetsubuffalo.  Done. After a quick glance, I think this is may be a non-free file, so you will have to include fair use rationale and a non-free tag. Regards, FASTILY 19:50, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! How's this? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ADistinguished_Eagle_Scout_Award.png&type=revision&diff=811189302&oldid=591615095 ?--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:02, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Looks fine to me. Best, FASTILY 07:37, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Two suggestions for the untagged files DBR

Thanks for the Untagged Dated Deletion DBR. Would it be possible to a) ignore untaggings by admins and b) ignore F5 unused non-free media in the report? The first case is almost always legitimate, the second case does not usually require review since if it's still orphaned a bot will add the tag back. Thanks! – Train2104 (t • c) 21:25, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi Train2104. Glad you're finding it useful!

a) I haven't found a sane way for the bot to reliably determine who removed a tag. I'll look into it when I have time.

b) {{Di-orphaned fair use}} isn't tracked by this report. You can see a list, here.

Regards, FASTILY 00:44, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks...seeing a bunch of fair use logos on there threw me off at first! – Train2104 (t • c) 00:13, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

hi I have created a page Charudutta Panigrahi I am a new user why this page is deleted can u guided me

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Db-g7 application

Hello again. You removed the {{db-g7}} tag from one of the file pages as inapplicable because the uploader did not explicitly request it. If that's the case, what about another file deleted by an admin per db-g7 request, though I requested it on uploader's behalf. George Ho (talk) 09:36, 3 December 2017 (UTC); fixed, 18:17, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi George. I don't believe that was an accurate application of G7 by @RHaworth. Regards, FASTILY 22:18, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Web Page Maker

Please note I will be recreating the page, with same content. Please do not then do anything there, as it is not helpful and is not appreciated. What you said is NOT correct - this was not any promotion of any kind, but a translation of same page from another Wiki, which no one objected to. So, it is fine in English as well. Please do NOT do destructive suggestions to any of my pages this way, thank you. Naki (talk) 10:04, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi Naki. For the record, the page was removed following a PROD nomination by @Sitush. -FASTILY 19:50, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

File:Rodney Bewes 1973 screenshot.jpg

Hi again, Fastily. The image File:Rodney Bewes 1973 screenshot.jpg was uploaded by BeckenhamBear. One of admins removed it from the Rodney Bewes article, citing the TV screenshot from the fictional element itself as a reason to remove it. A few times it was reinserted but then re-removed. I wonder whether you can undelete the image, reinsert it into the article, and then take the image to FFD. Alternatively, I could request an undeletion at WP:REFUND. However, considering the cycle of reinserting and re-removing, I think contacting you first would be my best bet. Also, I could use a free image, File:Rodney Bewes 2004.jpg, but I'm waiting for one of OTRS volunteers to validate the author's permission.

For more context, see my talk page, the admin's talk page, the uploader's talk page, and Talk:Rodney Bewes. George Ho (talk) 10:30, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi George. I have restored the file for discussion. Regards, FASTILY 10:58, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Check file request

Hi Fastily. I hope everything is well. If you have time, could you possibly check the file I mentioned in this comment, and if you don't agree with my rationale, please delete it at Commons. This is the direct link to the file. Thank you, and Season's Greetings to you. Dr. K. 07:45, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi Dr.K. Looks fine to me. Regards, FASTILY 05:07, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you very much Fastily. I really appreciate your feedback. Take care. Dr. K. 05:44, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Your FastilyBot notifying uploaders who take files to FFD

Hello. I have received one of your bot messages about FFD nominations on uploads that I created. It's good to notify, but sometimes I take one of images that I uploaded to FFD. What can be done about this? George Ho (talk) 00:04, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi George. Thanks for letting me know. Can't promise an immediate update (busy IRL), but I'll check it out when I have time. In the meantime, you can always add {{Bots|deny=FastilyBot}} to your talk page to opt-out of these notifications. Regards, FASTILY 02:31, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

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Rele Gallery

Hi. Please kindly help restore the redirect on Rele Gallery to point to Rele Art Gallery which has also been restored. Happy Holidays. Igwatala (talk) 20:38, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

 Done -FASTILY 07:19, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

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File:Nasz Dziennik daily (front page).jpg

May I ask you to please restore File:Nasz Dziennik daily (front page).jpg into its proper place in the infobox of the Nasz Dziennik newspaper, because it was replaced by a single-purpose (inexperienced) User:Verisplen with his own prohibited (!) upload to Commons, which will, and must be deleted. Thank you, Poeticbent talk 13:28, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi @Poeticbent.  Done. Please take a moment to link the file back into the article so it isn't deleted again. Thanks, FASTILY 08:51, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

• Thanks, Fastily. And Happy New Year to you! Poeticbent talk 15:48, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Nikhil Anand

Hello Fastily, I could see that you deleted the page Nikhil Anand who is a well-known face in India. I could see that not enough number of sources were linked to it. I am creating a new better article with more links to verify the contents and with enough bigger media.

I will appreciate if you can suggest what more can be added to make it better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aayat1998 (talk • contribs) 07:57, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

File:Tennessee 74.svg

For the licensing for File:Tennessee 74.svg I have used {{PD-MUTCD-TN}}, the standard template for Tennessee state highways. However, this template only works for files that have been transferred to the Commons, which this one hasn't. I need someone who is able to do that for me. Bneu2013 (talk) 03:14, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi @Bneu2013. You may perform the transfer yourself or simply upload the file at Commons. Regards, FASTILY 03:24, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Marco Polo Reyes

Hi. I saw that you deleted Draft:Marco Polo Reyes under G13. However, the copied template had been placed on the draft's talk page, because the article Polo Reyes had been made by another user copying this draft word-for-word (without attribution) and creating their own article from it. This copying was done before the AfC submission had been assessed. As such, the AfC submission was declined because an article for this person already existed, when in fact, the Polo Reyes article was created by copying the AfC draft after it had submitted but before it was assessed. Their histories should have been merged then but it is too late now due to parallel histories.

Shouldn't the draft be kept/undeleted because its page history now serves to provide proper attribution for the content in Polo Reyes? I did not want to go through WP:REFUND/G13 because I do not intend to work on this draft. Bennv3771 (talk) 08:49, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Bennv3771, I'll restore and histmerge. Good catch. Primefac (talk) 14:19, 19 January 2018 (UTC) (talk page stalker)

@Primefac: Thanks! Bennv3771 (talk) 15:39, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

File:Soap dish in the shape of a whale (1961 patent drawing).png

Hello Fastily,
Thank you for your "up for deletion" notification regarding the following file (which I had recently uploaded):

File:Soap_dish_in_the_shape_of_a_whale_(1961_patent_drawing).png&diff=next&oldid=818207309

Before uploading it, I had researched the policies of the U.S. Patent Office (where I discovered the image) regarding the publicly-viewable images on their site. I concluded that this image was in the public domain. Alas, I am unable to confirm that conclusion and, thus, choose now to request of you the immediate deletion of that file. I have already expunged it from the Soap dish article into which I had inserted it.

I appreciate your help with this. I'm grateful for the patience of all Wikipedians while I learn the details of life in the wikisphere. My bad.

Many thanks,
Timbuk-2 (talk) 01:56, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi Timbuk-2. Thanks for your diligence. I'll go ahead and delete the file for you. Regards, FASTILY 07:26, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

File:Zebedee Jones Untitled 1998 Oil on linen mounted to board 30.5 × 61 cm.jpg

Hi Fastily. You previously deleted this file back in November 2017 per WP:F7, but it looks like it's been uploaded again. Since it showed up on my watchlist, I'm assuming that I was the one who tagged it with {{rfu}}. The file was re-added to the main infobox of Zebedee Jones, but I moved it to the body of article. I still don't think it meets WP:NFCC#8, and am thinking about tagging it again for speedy deletion, but that's just my opinion. I'm just curious if reuploads of previously speedily deleted files are also candidates for speedy deletion and whether this should have gone through WP:REFUND instead. -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:36, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

You also deleted File:Sam McKinniss White Roses in a Short Glass (after Fantin-Latour) 2016 oil and acrylic on canvas 9in x 12in.jpg, File:Gardar Eide Einarsson An Inside Look At Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs 2008 72in x-84in.png, and File:John Zurier December 2014 oil on linen 31 x 23 inches.JPG around the same time for the same reason, but they have been reuploaded as File:Sam McKinniss White Roses in a Short Glass (after Fantin-Latour) 2016 oil and acrylic on canvas-9"x12".jpg, File:Gardar Eide Einarsson An Inside Look at Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs 2008 acrylic and pencil on canvas 72x84 inches.jpeg, and File:John Zurier Héraðsdalur 3 2014-15 oil on linen 22 1-16 x 24 13-16 inches (56.04 x 63.02 cm).jpg. -- Marchjuly (talk) 14:09, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. Unfortunately there's not much I can do since the original images were not deleted via FfD (in order to satisfy G4). Moving forward, you can either a) warn the uploader (i.e. next time they re-upload they may be blocked) and tag the re-uploads with {{subst:Rfu}}, or b) nominate the files at FfD. Regards, FASTILY 01:43, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look. I left some posts on the uploader's user talk. Perhaps they will respond. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:24, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

File:ELOBBC.jpg

Hello. You deleted the above file a few months ago. I am handling OTRS ticket:2017042610025743, which appears to be about this file. Whilst there is no permission in the email, because they’ve asked the wrong person, I believe this image could be used under fair use in the infobox of The BBC Sessions (Electric Light Orchestra album). Please could you restore it and I will make the necessary amendments? Cheers. Green Giant (talk) 13:28, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi @Green Giant.  Done. Also edited it so that that only the source and article name are still missing. Regards, FASTILY 22:48, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Thsnk you for doing that. Much obliged. Green Giant (talk) 00:19, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

File:British Columbia Yellowhead Highway.png

Hi Fastily. You deleted File:British Columbia Yellowhead Highway.png per WP:F5, but it's possible that there might be an OTRS ticket to cover this file per c:Commons:Deletion requests/File:British Columbia Yellowhead Highway 16 3.png. The same OTRS ticket might also be applcable to two of the files being discussed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 January 18#Non-free road signs used in list article. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:59, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. I'm not seeing permission for File:British Columbia Yellowhead Highway.png in ticket:2011011410009399. And unless I've missed something, the ministry didn't mention anything about the copyright status of the signs, so I'm not certain this ticket is valid for the files which were explicitly named in it. Anyways, here's the file and its description page for reference. Regards, FASTILY 05:14, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

The Commons DR was closed by c:User:Yann mainly based upon the !vote of another OTRS volunteer named c:User:Jeff G. that the ticket should cover the sign shown in the file. FWIW, another Commons admin c:User:Jcb did also express similar reservations about the ticket. Now, I'm not trying to start a war between Wikipedia and Commons or Wikipedia admins or Commons admins, but if File:British Columbia Yellowhead Highway 16 3.png is going to be accepted as OK by Commons, then accepting the same file minus the number 16 also seems logical for the same reason. There are other non-free files of the same Yellowhead shield imagery upload as non-free such as File:British Columbia Highway 5.svg and File:Yellowhead.png, and the licensing of these files may also be affected by the close of the Commmons DR. If the Commons file is OK (a big if perhaps), then someone can basically create a free equivalent for File:British Columbia Yellowhead Highway.png by simply removing the 16; something similar can be done for the other non-frees showing the same imagery, which means no non-free would pass NFCC#1. Just to make it clear, I'm not saying you have to "undelete" the file; just trying to point out that there appears to be a difference of opinion on this, which in turn might create some unnecessary complications regarding how the files may be used on Wikipedia. It would be best if Commons and Wikipedia could agree on these types of things. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:01, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

File:Anarkali Marikar, click from movie Vimaanam, December 2017.jpg

Hi, could you undelete this image File:Anarkali Marikar, click from movie Vimaanam, December 2017.jpg so that it can be used in the article Anarkali Marikar as a photograph. Thank you. Let There Be Sunshine (talk) 16:08, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Let There Be Sunshine. This has already been explained to you, here. -FASTILY 21:34, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Category:Aeni theme songs

Hello. Could you undelete this template? Because this template is using in El Lady (album). I don't know why it was deleted. Thanks. --Garam (talk) 16:26, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Yes,  Done -FASTILY 21:34, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

G13

Hi, and thank you for your work on the backlogs. I would however appreciate it if you don't make any automatic deletions of abandoned drafts. Of course, the deleting admin is under no formal obligation to review the content they delete, but in many cases they're the only link in the chain capable of doing that: the decline of an AfC submission is most often done by a single editor, whose view might not always align with the community, there is no process for subsequently scrutinising rejected drafts, and the G13-tagging itself is done by a bot. – Uanfala (talk) 15:34, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Uanfala. Your "warning" (assuming that's what you meant) makes no sense. On one hand you accuse me of automation, but yet on the other hand you state "the deleting admin is under no formal obligation to review ". Well that seems awfully contradictory. Fortunately for us, neither of these is true. Furthermore, I don't even do the majority of G13's, so I can't imagine why you've singled me out. Bottom line is this: if you don't like G13, then start an RfC. Complaining about how horrible it is to me isn't a productive exercise because I can't do anything about it. -FASTILY 21:34, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

There's one thing that you can do and it is to stop any (semi-)automatic deletions of G13-tagged drafts. Your help is much appreciated! – Uanfala (talk) 21:49, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Your response suggests that you did not read a word of my previous reply to you. If you're going to do this, then we have nothing to discuss. Regards, FASTILY 01:54, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

I guess I should have provided more detail. My initial post was simply to draw your attention to a fact you might not have been aware of. I'm sorry if the phrase "automatic deletion" doesn't describe what you do the way you see it. Feel free to use any other word you see fit, but the process I saw (and which led me here in the first place) was a deletion log where you regularly delete several dozens of drafts per minute. Of course this doesn't imply you don't review them (it's conceivable you review them carefully, decline the speedy tags of the ones you see as having potential and then delete the rest in one go), but then for the period I examined you have no edits to the draft namespace to testify you ever do to a draft anything other than deletion. And when I recently described this precise situation (without naming anyone) I was accused of implying that admins are too dumb to postpone deletion or recognize worthy content [74] This shows that, regardless of the absence of formal obligation, there is a strong community expectation that an admin will examine the content of a draft before deleting it. Thanks! – Uanfala (talk) 02:14, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

If the word "review" is a source of misunderstanding, I have so far taken it as obvious that it does not mean "check if G13 applies", it means "check if the draft is on a notable topic and has potential". – Uanfala (talk) 02:17, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying. When deleting pages, I'll first make a list of pages to delete, and then use browser tabs and keyboard shortcuts to actually perform the deletes. It certainly appears automated, but in practice it really isn't. If I don't agree with a G13 (or any other speedy in general), I'll skip it and let someone else deal with it. Less drama for me that way. -FASTILY 02:52, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

Lloyd's Open Form

Hi, I note that in December 2017 you deleted a page called "Lloyd's Open Form". I would like to restore and update it. Please could you show me where the text of the deleted page may be found? Thanks. Arrivisto (talk) 16:51, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

 Done as a contested PROD. Courtesy ping for @MPS1992 -FASTILY 21:34, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for the courtesy ping, it's much appreciated. No objections at all to this. It will need more references if it is to survive, but also I might forget to check back on it anytime in the foreseeable future. MPS1992 (talk) 23:24, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! When I have a moment, I'll do some work on the page. There are a number of red LOF WP links that have now turned black again! Cheers! Arrivisto (talk) 12:59, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi - I've now spent some time rewriting and updating the page, with many new refs and links. Arrivisto (talk) 14:42, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

File:Guadalajara CD.svg

Hi. Can you restore File:Guadalajara CD.svg. The image was replaced but the substitute(s) were uploaded at Commons and they will be deleted soon (the logo is too original). Thanks © Tbhotch^™ (en-2.5). 02:50, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

@Tbhotch:  Done. Please take a moment to re-link the article and update the file description page as necessary. Regards, FASTILY 04:42, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

Rabah Benlarbi

@Fastily: Can you please restore my page I created (Rabah Benlarbi) since he meets the criteria by coaching a Burmese club (Zwekapin United FC) and being part of the staff for other fully pro teams see (Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Fully professional leagues) and I was definitely not creating it for advertising purposes. Das osmnezz (talk) 05:08, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

 Done as a contested PROD. Courtesy ping for @Susanowoo. -FASTILY 04:52, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Category:Soccer players from Wyoming

You have made an error--please fix it Category:Soccer players from Wyoming. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:19, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

Assume some good faith, please. The category appeared empty at the time, likely due to a caching issue with MediaWiki. -FASTILY 08:44, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

Odd, since I added that article several days ago but sure--I didn't assume bad faith. Errors are good faith. If you will please also undelete the talk page. Thanks. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:04, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

File:Jennifer White.jpg

Don't delete it. A free replacement can not be found or created. According to WP:NFCC#1, Non-free content is used only where no free equivalent is available, or could be created, that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose. I uploaded it to use under fair use for the sake of it's article. Rudra Tenio Chakraborty (talk)

Hi Rudra Tenio Chakraborty. The policy you cited contains the text "no free equivalent is available, or could be created"; since Jennifer White is still living, the "could be created" restriction of the policy is not met. The long summary of this rule is available here under bullet #1. -FASTILY 09:07, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Popovy Sisters

Hello, I am trying to fix page for Popovy Sisters. Can you please advise what has to be corrected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Julia mji (talk • contribs) 06:28, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Julia mji. Try getting in touch with @Missvain, the editor who reviewed this draft. -FASTILY 09:07, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hey Fastily, Thanks for deleting that old subpage I requested. I'm not sure if you remember but you helped me instrumentally back in the day with image policy and a bit of admin coaching. I just wanted to let you know I still appreciate you taking the time so many years ago to explain some things to me and I hope all is well with you and yours. Regards, --Church ^Talk 19:37, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Church. No problem! Good to hear from you, and glad to see that you're still around :) Cheers, FASTILY 07:22, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

FFD closures

Hi, Fastily. You just closed the discussions at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 February 10 as delete. I was going to comment on them, but you got to them first. File:WWJO.jpg and File:KLDJ.png are clear {{PD-logo}} candidates, and the file description pages should have been adjusted to reflect this. The deletion of File:KLDJ-FM.png was fine, as it contains a complex penguin design. Would you reconsider the result of those two files? ℯxplicit 01:19, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi @ Explicit. I've reopened the discussions. Please feel free to comment and/or make changes as necessary. Regards, FASTILY 01:35, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

Possible to use more detailed edit summaries?

I tagged a file uploaded with {{Move to Commons}} and User:FastilyBot removed it with the message:

 BOT: file may not be eligible for Commons

Which is rather vague, it was possible to identify the likely reason after going to the bot's user page and looking at the tasks performed and then at the blacklist, but it would be nice if the reason could have been included directly in the summary, e.g.

 BOT: file may not be eligible for Commons per Task 2, file is tagged Category:Items pending OTRS confirmation of permission

A minor improvement, but it explains why the bot acted without needing to look beyond the history page.

– Paul · ✉ 00:39, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Paul. Thanks for the suggestion! I've been quite busy IRL recently, but I'll look into it when I have some time. Regards, FASTILY 07:18, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Request to userfy a deleted template

Hi I have a small request. You recently deleted a template that I would like to have access to, since I would like to merge it with other similar templates as part of an ongoing discussion. Would you please userfy it for me, or direct me to someone who can? Cheers. Jay eyem (talk) 19:56, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Jay eyem. I'm not comfortable with an outright restore & userfy as other editors in the discussion !voted delete. But here's the wikitext for reference. -FASTILY 21:25, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

That's what I wanted, thanks. Jay eyem (talk) 22:24, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Restore a page

Hi Fastily, could you please restore Template:Traditional Song boilerplate to my userspace (User:Prince of Thieves/Traditional Song boilerplate). You deleted it last October according to this. I am not entirely sure is WP:REFUND applies here or not. Prince of Thieves (talk) 18:03, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Prince of Thieves. Yes, for XfD discussions that resulted in "delete" where the only participant was the nominator, WP:REFUND absolutely applies. For future reference, you may also make this same request at WP:REFUND (and probably get a faster response too 😀). Regards, FASTILY 23:01, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! Prince of Thieves (talk) 00:16, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Request to delete a page

Hi am requesting that you delete this page Draft:Nsofwa Petronella Sampa the author is a new Wikipedia writer and we where at a #WikiWomen Edit-a-thon in Zambia I was one of the trainers and I would like that space be deleted cause she might want to move on that space in future. Chabota Kanguya (talk) 14:44, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Chabota Kanguya. Draft:Nsofwa Petronella Sampa does not satisfy any of the Criteria for speedy deletion. If there is a compelling reason to delete the page, then please use Miscellany for deletion. -FASTILY 22:28, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Request to re-create a page

Hi Fastily, I am requesting to re-create this page Vocalzone Throat Pastilles, [[75]] which you previously deleted in 2011 due to G11 Wikipedia:CSD. Notquiteaproyet (talk) 12:15, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Notquiteaproyet. This happened nearly 7 years ago. I have no opinion on the matter. Regards, FASTILY 20:39, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Unfree file uploads by User:Tohas

Hi! You deleted yesterday some unfree files uploaded by User:Tohas, but today he uploaded 3 new ones, Special:ListFiles/Tohas, which like deleted ones, seems to be a screencaps from unfree videos.--Oleola (talk) 11:32, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Oleola. Thanks for letting me know, I have deleted the remaining files. Regards, FASTILY 22:22, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Carmine Caruso

Hi. I was considering submitting an article stub on the late brass embouchure pedagogue Carmine Caruso of New York City, and wanted to consult you as to why a previous article on him was deleted, before proceeding. Your feedback is appreciated. Tnx Ronsword (talk) 15:15, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Ronsword. I deleted the page per speedy deletion criterion G10. As this happened nearly 8 years ago, I have no opinion on the matter. Regards, FASTILY 23:24, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

User:LightTower936

Hi Fastily. Since you do lots of work with images, I'm wondering if you have any suggestions on how to deal with LightTower936. User talk:LightTower936 seems to be one long list of image notification/warnings and this editor does not seem to be slowing down. This editor has been uploading problem images pretty much since they created their account and the warnings don't seem to be having any effect at all. Perhaps there is an English comprehension issue and they don't understand the warnings, but the situation has moved into WP:CIR territory. While I understand WP:ANI is an option here, I am wondering if there's one last warning (like c:Template:End of copyvios is used on Commons) which can be issued before taking that final step. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:42, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. How about leaving them a warning like {{subst:Uw-ics4}}? If they continue with the unsourced/no-license/etc uploads, then an indef is probably in order. Regards, FASTILY 01:06, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the template link. I'll give it a try. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:57, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

I saw you indef'd them. Unfortunate perhaps, but necessary since this editor clearly does not seem to understand WP:IUP or WP:COPYVIO. Moreover, no response on their part to any of the warnings makes it pretty much impossible to figure out a way to help them. Looking at the contribution history, they don't have appeared to made any user talk page posts or any talk page posts since the account was created. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:22, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

I agree that it's not an ideal outcome, but enough volunteer time has been wasted cleaning up after this editor. They can ask to be unblocked when they decide they are ready to follow our media file policies. -FASTILY 23:11, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Images...

You might find this useful in analysing images :- https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/18892

I will at some point see if it's possible to rescue images listed by it.ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 14:19, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi ShakespeareFan00. Thanks for sharing, I'll check it out. Best, FASTILY 04:39, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Also - https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/18909

and https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/18904

ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 11:18, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Talk:Brij Bhushan Mani Tripathi

Why did you deleted it I am Faizabad and I see that all the references and article about him is right if you want to suggest an edit that can be good but deleting an article is not good please accept the article too we should add this Iwikireviewer (talk) 05:19, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Iwikireviewer. Per speedy deletion criterion G8, talk pages belonging to non-existent articles are subject to on-sight deletion. If you would like to comment on Draft:Brij Bhushan Mani Tripathi, then please do so here. -FASTILY 07:07, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

File:Jamie celphone pic wiki.jpg

I tried to add a more current picture to my Wikipedia page but I obviously had no idea what I was doing, LOL. I would really appreciate any assistance you could give me. Thanks, Jamie Marsh.

Hi Jamie Marsh. Instructions on how to resolve issues with this image have been posted to your talk page. I do see one other potential problem: since you were not the photographer of File:Jamie celphone pic wiki.jpg, you will need to the photographer to email release forms to our OTRS team before the file can be used on Wikipedia. Please refer to WP:DCP for more information on how to do this. -FASTILY 20:08, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Talk:Energy (American Band)

I recently tried to create an article for the American band Energy. Energy (American Band). This page was up for speedy deletion, and deleted shortly after, because of my improper edits. Looking through wikipedia more, and seeing the use of (American band) with the B in band lowercase, and not uppercase, like I initially made the article that was deleted, I would rather create a new draft for the band, and rewrite the old, under the new draft/article title Energy (American band), with the b lowercase in band instead. I just wanted to make clear what I was doing by recreating the deleted article as a new draft but with a slightly altered name. My apologies for all the confusion, as a new, and learning user of wikipedia. I hope to continue helping established underground musicians, and artists in the industry throughout wikipedia, to solidify their history that is happening now, and throughout the past 20 or so years, that has yet to be recorded. Thanks for your time! (Elvenwitchtiff (talk) 02:22, 23 March 2018 (UTC))

User:Elvenwitchtiff please read WP:NMUSIC and WP:NAMB before drafting new pages. Your experience will be much better. I suggest expanding and referencing existing pages to learn your way. Legacypac (talk) 03:01, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

User:Legacypacl Thanks for the quick response to this! I will do just that! I've been slowly working my way through the site, simply doing as you mentioned, to learn how to do things properly around here, and be able to create drafts and articles in time. Your input, and guidance is appreciated! Thanks! (Elvenwitchtiff (talk) 03:34, 23 March 2018 (UTC))

User:Seraphimblade Any input on this matter would be greatly appreciated! (Elvenwitchtiff (talk) 03:40, 23 March 2018 (UTC))

File:IslandInstituteLogo.jpg

Hi Fastily. I think this might be a re-upload of File:IslandInstituteLogo.png which you deleted per WP:F5 back in December 2017. I have a feeling that the uploader is a new editor who might not be too familiar with WP:NFCCP, etc. Perhaps you can clarify why the first file was deleted and that non-free content is not allowed to be used on User:JMStoryteller/sandbox/Island Institute, which means the the jpg is eventually going to be deleted as well. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:19 am, Today (UTC+9)

Hi Marchjuly. Yes, they are visually the same image, but in different formats (one is png, the other is jpg). I agree with your assessment, but I don't think any further and/or immediate action is needed at this time. Regards, FASTILY 05:43, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:04, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Lost talk archive

ClueBot III has archived Talk:List of wealthiest historical figures to the misnamed Talk:List of wealthiest historical figures 1 four times and the archive has then been deleted four times under G8. Twenty-nine discussions have been lost that way. It's a small thing but as the one who carried out the first deletion, would you be able to restore and rename the archives, separately or together? I haven't tried correcting the archives settings as I figured it might be more straightforward if you could see the whole picture. 18:42, 25 March 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.19.30.54 (talk)

Hi, and yikes, thanks for letting me know. I've retrieved the deleted conversations and consolidated them into Talk:List of wealthiest historical figures/Archive 1. I also updated the bot configuration to ensure that this does not happen again. Regards, FASTILY 06:57, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

That's much better and beyond a simple restoration. Thanks - I hope it wasn't too time-consuming. 92.19.30.54 (talk) 19:55, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Railway stations in Haryana

Hi Fastily, I have tag the above page db-r2 but somehow it was not deleted and it shows on my creation page and the page is still on the main page. Kindly help help to delete the db-r2 as I didnt create the page. see here [76]. Thank you. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 10:15, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

@CASSIOPEIA:  Done -FASTILY 01:02, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Fastily, Good day. Thank you very much for assisting. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 02:00, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

File:Israel Post 1968.jpg

You deleted the license tag I entered, stating: "unclear if this is actually PD (also this license tag does not exist), defaulting to non-free"

== Notwithstanding the fact that my license tag included specific links to the statute in question, as well as its translation, you could easily see that commons:Template:PD-IsraelGov does exist, and is indeed applied to Israeli postage stamps: see commons:Category:PD Israel Government

May I now request that you

1. Restore my license tag
2. Restore my original image

Thanks --My another account (talk) 18:16, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi My another account. I tend to agree with you, however there is one problem. According to {{PD-IsraelGov}}, government works "created more than 50 years ago (i.e. before 1 January 1968)" are in the Public Domain. You did not include an exact month and day on the description page of File:Israel Post 1968.jpg; without this information, it is not safe to claim PD until January 1, 2019. -FASTILY 20:17, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

You're right, I had mis-entered the date: the date stamp clearly shows 16.12.1963, therefore the imprinted stamp in question must have been created before 16.12.1963. I hope this clears the confusion about its PD status. --My another account (talk) 04:12, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

It does, thanks for confirming. I have renamed the file to File:Israel Post 16-12-1963.jpg and updated its description page accordingly. Regards, FASTILY 06:55, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Talk:Cantor's diagonal argument/Arguments – why

As you asked [77] ′why isn't this part of the talk page?′ – the answer is right there, in the talk page.

See the third frame from the top of Talk:Cantor's diagonal argument, which starts with:

This page is not a forum for general discussion about...

Best regards, CiaPan (talk) 17:03, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi CiaPan. Yes, I saw that. This is a bizarre setup; I deleted the page before realizing anyone was actually using it as a talk page. Please consider merging it with the main talk page so it's less confusing to others. -FASTILY 19:24, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Fastily. This is a procedure that is occasionally used on pages that attract lots of crank attention. It's not officially sanctioned anywhere; it's sort of an IAR thing. Every now and then someone takes it to MFD but it always survives.

The idea is that, when someone wants to argue about the underlying content rather than discuss (at least in any actionable way) how to improve the article, rather than just blanking it (which is heavy-handed and often involves disagreeable escalations), we just move it to the Arguments page, where people can argue about it as much as they want without impinging on the main Talk page, which then remains available for its intended use.

Moving it back to the main Talk page is out of the question; that would defeat the whole purpose.

I don't see why this should be confusing. It's just the standard Archive setup, except you're allowed to edit it. --Trovatore (talk) 20:01, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Trovatore. Regarding "It's not officially sanctioned anywhere; it's sort of an IAR thing", well, that's precisely my point. You frequent the page, so it's obvious to you. For someone who's seeing the page for the first time, it's anything but obvious, especially when it shows up in CSD because someone tagged its mainspace counterpart. -FASTILY 20:38, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

There should never have been a mainspace counterpart. That seems to have been the source of the immediate problem. --Trovatore (talk) 21:27, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks!

No thankie thingie on the template delete, so ... thanks! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:12, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi SandyGeorgia. No problem! :) Best, FASTILY 20:20, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Morning musume members

Hi, please can you undelete the pages you deleted for the morning musume members. You deleted them for lack of notability, but they are members of the longest running Japanese idol girl group. Have had several gold certifications for their singles. Have taken part in many concert tours. Are a member of a group that have released 15 albums in total. They also have many independent works in magazines, TV shows. A lot of the fans are really upset you have deleted the pages for lack of notability. Check Twitter. Justanotherconcernedfan (talk) 15:11, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Justanotherconcernedfan. Please link the page(s) you'd like me to look at, it's unclear what you're referring to. If these are Draft pages or pages deleted via the PROD process, you may also request restoration via WP:REFUND (for a faster a response). -FASTILY 20:15, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

File:Max Holloway UFC.png

@Fastily: The picture was indeed fair use and permission wise.. The Picture was original from Twitter User which set the Permission sets to public meaning anyone can use it and see it. File:Max Holloway UFC.png The picture was credited also following Copyright rules above Twitter Rules. as contested on the speedy deletion was never viewed.

I believe i followed all the rules 🥇BUSriderSFUser (talk • contribs) 21:02, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi BusriderSF2015. No idea why you're posting here, but I have neither deleted this file, nor have I edited it. -FASTILY 22:01, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Please see

Wikipedia:Move review/Log/2018 April.And, I'll be wishing for an answer to my last query.Best,~ Winged Blades^Godric 06:48, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Fastily. That page, Portal:Civil Rights Movement, had an extensive move discussion that got deleted with this G7. While it’s true that Coffee contributed the only substantial content of the portal, it seems a little nonstandard to delete while the move review was still pending. It looks like Coffee initially deleted the portal himself, but restored the page shortly afterwards to allow an independent admin to review, but in doing so forgot to also restore the talk page. Could you confirm whether you would have still deleted the page if you saw the talk page first? Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 08:01, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hi Mz7. Yes, I would still have deleted the page. I would not have deleted the talk page however, as {{G8-exempt}} is applicable. But I'm hesitant to take any further action, given that this is the subject of an ongoing dispute. -FASTILY 08:33, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Just for another opinion on this, (and I'm somewhat involved, as I initially requested for the portal to be moved), I personally think the portal should be restored. Even if it had only one substantial contributor, it was a good and useful portal (and kudos to Coffee for creating it, along with his other good content on the CRM topic). Given that Winged Blades of Godric disputed the deletion, I think it should not have been speedied. Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 08:28, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

See my reply to Mz7 above. If anyone feels strongly and wishes to restore, they're more than welcome to; I did include a link to WP:REFUND after all. Regards, FASTILY 08:37, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

OK thanks for your response, I've listed it at WP:REFUND.  — Amakuru (talk) 08:50, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

@Amakuru: Somewhat involved? That is quite an understatement. And please keep your kudos to yourself. You've done nothing but cause me headaches since I started up the Civil Rights Movement WikiProject, and you've done jack all towards actually improving the portal you so wish to bring back. Clearly you do not understand how G7 works if you think editors other than the content's creators can dispute their speedy deletion, which is a shame considering you're an administrator. Bullcrap like this makes me see quite vividly why so many of my former wiki-friends have left this site. It's like banging your head into a brick wall that keeps telling you it cares. — Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 09:08, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

I, too, believe the page was OK and should be restored. This is just Coffee wanting to take his toys and go home because he didn't get to change the rules as he liked. It was an OK portal, just needed a few edits. Dicklyon (talk) 14:43, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Yes, thanks for the restoration, but could you also restore the move review about the portal name. I agree with Coffee in that a couple of editors have been obstructing the progress of the project and portal for awhile now, and I hope he comes back to give them what's for after a wikibreak. Randy Kryn (talk) 16:32, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Bulk undelete of my Lists of prehistoric life drafts

Hi, those Lists of prehistoric life by state drafts are active projects (I had to split them by era so I was working on those instead of the "main" drafts) could you undelete those? I wouldn't have bothered you on your talk page, but separately requesting 50 drafts for undeletion would be really tedious. Abyssal (talk) 12:46, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Abyssal. Could you please link the pages in question? It's unclear what you're referring to. For the record, you may also make this same request at WP:REFUND; simply create a new section and list the pages you'd like restored. Regards, FASTILY 20:15, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

The red links in this list: Abyssal (talk) 20:25, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Alabama
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Alaska
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Arizona
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Arkansas
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of California
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Colorado
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Connecticut
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Delaware
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Florida
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Georgia (U.S. state)
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Hawaii
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Idaho
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Illinois
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Indiana
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Iowa
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Kansas
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Kentucky
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Louisiana
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Maine
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Maryland
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Massachusetts
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Michigan
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Minnesota
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Mississippi
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Missouri
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Montana
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Nebraska
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Nevada
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of New Hampshire
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of New Jersey
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of New Mexico
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of New York (state)
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of North Carolina
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of North Dakota
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Ohio
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Oklahoma
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Oregon
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Pennsylvania
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Rhode Island
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of South Carolina
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of South Dakota
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Tennessee
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Texas
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Utah
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Vermont
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Virginia
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Washington (state)
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of West Virginia
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Wisconsin
• Draft:List of the prehistoric life of Wyoming

 Done -FASTILY 22:01, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Please undelete the lists you just deleted. Abyssal (talk) 16:02, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 January 18#Non-free road signs used in list article

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 January 18#Non-free road signs used in list article. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:57, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Fastily. Since you're not only an admin who often closes non-free content FFD discussions but also an OTRS volunteer, I thought you might be able to close this discussion since it involves an OTRS ticket and non-free use. The files would obviously would no longer be subject to WP:NFCC if the OTRS ticket is OK. If two OTRS volunteers reach that conclusion, then that's good enough for me. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:02, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. Honestly, I'm hesitant to do so, as there isn't any obvious consensus. ticket:2011011410009399 is vague about the copyright status of the signs; (aside from a hand-wavy "you don't need permission to take photos of the signs") there is no specific information on the copyright status of the signs or acceptability of derivatives/commercial use. Without said information, I'd suggest erring on the side of caution and considering these as non-free. Either way, I think we're better off resisting the discussion - if you'd like that, then let me know. Regards, FASTILY 05:40, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look. I have no problem with relisting the discussion, but I have already posted multiple {{Please see}} at WT:NFC, WP:MCQ and even WT:CANROADS to try and get more feedback on these images, but the threads were archived without anybody responding. The Commons DR did close that the ticket was OK for another similar file. One OTRS volunteer seems to strongly feel that the ticket is fine, whereas another OTRS volunteer is also not as sure. I even asked about the ticket at c:Commons:OTRS/Noticeboard/archive/2018#OTRS ticket:2011011410009399, but only got one response before the thread was archived. So, not sure what to do since there's nothing more to post regarding the files' non-free uses, so the main question is whether the ticket is valid and covers these other files. Is there a way to get more OTRS people to decide on whether the ticket is good? -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:12, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Yes, have you tried the local OTRS noticeboard? -FASTILY 02:01, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Not yet. I will add a {{Please see}} for the relisted discussion. Thanks for helping to try and sort this out. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:22, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

You deleted My page "and the kids" the first page i ever posted

the band is on a national tour now and haas two records out and has also toured europe, will also be opening for Blondy this summer. It wasnt just promotional page. I might agree it didnt show the largness of the band but it was , a page in progress, until l it was deleted with no discussion. I want to repost a page called "And The kids (band)". Is it going to be speedy deleted again? Even if it has more required information . Again this was my first post ever and you all deleted 5 minutes after i posted it. I did get a warning message but almost before i was done reading the warning message the page was deleted.

I was going to bring the page to some more informed people so that they could add to it, but that didn't get to happen because you and another person deleted it. Can i repost it with more required information . They have done more than one national tour , and have numerous writeups in notable publications. Is it going to just be deleted or will it be reassessed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidinkeene (talk • contribs) 10:42, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Davidinkeene. I did not delete this page. If you have any questions, please get in touch with @Bbb23, the admin who actually deleted this page. -FASTILY 22:42, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Question

Is it possible to recover an old Wiki account after forgetting the password? — JudeccaXIII (talk) 05:27, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi JudeccaXIII. Yes, but only if you registered your email with the account. -FASTILY 06:04, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Keystone OK

Did Draft:Keystone OK, which you deleted as G13, have any usable content/potential? Jjjjjjdddddd (talk) 00:04, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Jjjjjjdddddd. Sort of, here's a temporary pastebin with the wiki text: [78]. Regards, FASTILY 02:49, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! Would you mind restoring it? I think it might be a viable topic. Jjjjjjdddddd (talk) 03:09, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Done -FASTILY 06:04, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Good, thanks! I'm having problems with improving it, which I wrote on the talk page. Jjjjjjdddddd (talk) 08:45, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

PSE Belgium

Dear, You deleted my post on the talk page of PSE Belgium. I would like to make a new page but it was deleted because i had a conflict of interest. Therefore i tried to post an explanation on the talk page of PSE Belgium but you deleted it. Now my question is how can i make a new page for PSE Belgium because the page doesn't exist? Many thanks

Shalini PSE (talk) 11:27, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Shalini PSE. Please do not recreate talk pages of deleted articles. If you have any additional questions, please get in touch with @Ritchie333, the admin who actually deleted the page -FASTILY 03:23, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Scott Hampton (racing driver)

I just logged in and discovered my article has been deleted. Do you know if the content can be recovered so that I can save it elsewhere? I didn't realize that a track champion and multi-time competitor in one of the year's most prestigious short track racing events was not notable enough to be included. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joshhanson18 (talk • contribs) 18:54, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Joshhanson18. Yes. As the article was deleted via Proposed deletion, it is eligible for restoration via WP:REFUND -FASTILY 20:56, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Page for Mark Mahemoff

Hi Fastily,
I am adding pages to Wikipedia for notable Australian authors and am looking to add one for the contemporary Sydney poet, Mark Mahemoff. Mark has 106 publication entries listed in AustLit, the Australian Literary database, has been supported by the Australian Council Literature Board, has published commercially 3 collections of work and been reviewed in significant publications. I'll do my best to present this appropriately on the Wikipedia page.

I see that there was an attempt last year that was not done properly (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Mahemoff&action=edit&redlink=1) ... I don't know what that looked like, but anyway I intend to post a new page, following the pattern I did for my page on Anthony Macris (another Sydney writer).

This message is to let you know I'll be working on this & I'll soon post a draft. I'd certainly welcome any advice etc you might have.

Thanks!

Mark Mjarossiter (talk) 00:39, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Draft talk:Tim Stead

02:19, 14 March 2018 Fastily (talk | contribs) deleted page Draft talk:Tim Stead (G8: Talk page of a deleted or non-existent page)

Hi, You deleted a talk page (Draft talk:Tim Stead) associated with a draft I was hoping to edit - Draft:Tim Stead. I have managed to get the Draft:Tim Stead restored via WP:REFUND and was hoping to get the associated Draft talk:Tim Stead page restored as well please.

Thank you

2A00:23C5:9B8C:2200:ACB2:2EFF:D79D:82E0 (talk) 13:24, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi, I'd suggest getting in touch with @Hut 8.5, the admin who restored Draft:Tim Stead. Assuming they left the talk page deleted intentionally, I'd rather not overrule another admin. Regards, FASTILY 21:39, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

I've just restored it, it was purely an oversight that I didn't restore it the first time. Hut 8.5 06:37, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Precious six years!

Precious

Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:37, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Talk page

The original purpose of the page you deleted was to have two talk pages for cantors diagonal argument so that those of us who want it deleted as false can forum, OUTSIDE of the other talk pages, where you will see we still discuss it but this talk page is abandoned. Trovatore set it up, and invented that Wikipedia has a policy against such talk in the talk pages. Read the policy on contradicting the article to see it is allowed. But many editors are harrassed over this in the talk pages. For example I was deleted!!! I don't want your action reverted, rather I don't have the resources to fix the problem. Having the page name in red in watch list causes confusion and linking to a blank page warning does also. The two links to it are hidden. Certainly it isn't linked to from all pertinent talk pages let alone the articles, since apparently they can't have two talk pages. Could you please fix it?!

Also, we don't have our own article contrary to policy all points of view. Objections to the theory is like a pro evolution article by creationists or vice versa, and presumably is policed accordingly. The creation scientists have the same dilemma but I agree with that since my studies solidly show they are a bunch of negative i.q. scientists. Victor Kosko (talk) 00:29, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

News South Wales

Thanks for that :( JarrahTree 06:31, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Lisle Park District

Hi, you deleted a page I was improving. It was the Lisle Park District to be exact.

Andrianajohnson (talk) 16:41, 23 April 2018 (UTC)Andriana

Hi Andrianajohnson. The page in question has been moved to User:Andrianajohnson/sandbox. If you have any questions on why this was done, please get in touch with @Calton, the editor who performed the move. Thanks, FASTILY 04:11, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

About a CSD

Hey Fastily, I noticed you deleted Draft:Brendan Kelly (politician). Did I tag that page as G13? If not, does it have any potential? Thanks, Jjjjjjdddddd (talk) 19:59, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Jjjjjjdddddd. No, it was tagged by HasteurBot. I'll let you decide - here is is a temporary pastebin link with the text of the page: [79] -FASTILY 20:07, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Actually, it looks workable. Could you restore? Jjjjjjdddddd (talk) 21:42, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

text2hash

Hello Fastily!

We were using your site for the french commited identity template. We believe we detected a problem when comparing fileformat and text2hash. There is an encoding problem, accents are not currently supported, which is a problem in French for example. I don't want to pollute your talk page, I opened a pull request on github and we've added examples. Best regards, Lofhi (talk) 19:47, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

hey — Preceding unsigned comment added by VaibhavBokadia (talk • contribs) 18:47, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Christophe Caïs

Hi you recently deleted the above page as a G7. I also added quote quite a bit of information to the page. I was wondering why you deleted the page? Was it the presumed request from the subject to see it deleted? Dom from Paris (talk) 23:04, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

I believe this was an effort to create a promotional article by the subject himself or an associate and when I added in the negative information that I found when checking it out as a new pages patroller the author moved it to draft space and then blanked it. I reverted the edit as I had added information. There was then a request by someone claiming to be the subject. I suggested they go to the BLP noticeboard and now the article has been deleted. Dom from Paris (talk) 23:20, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi Domdeparis. Yes, the original author requested deletion. Here is a temporary pastebin with a copy of the article at time of deletion. You may recreate the article or request its restoration via WP:REFUND. Regards, FASTILY 00:57, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi thanks for that. I will ask for a refund, I think this guy may be notable but I also want to show COI editors that they do not control content. Cheers. Dom from Paris (talk) 06:42, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Draft refund

In blatant disregard of the instructions at the top, could I ask you to restore Draft:Faceless (2007 film)? Thanks! – Uanfala (talk) 19:55, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

German Wikipedia

Is there a way to get de:Datei:Motorradkennzeichen VH-52949.png transferred to Commons? Thanks--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 10:21, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi Kintetsubuffalo. Yes. You can use commonshelper to perform the transfer. Regards, FASTILY 18:21, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, I will give it a try!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 11:01, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

It says "Auth not ok"-what does that mean?--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 01:30, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

And what would be the next option?--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 04:08, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

I've transferred it to Commons for you. c:File:Motorcycle license plate VH-52949.png — JJMC89 (T·C) 04:35, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 06:13, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Article About You

Ms. Reddout,

I was the one who created the article. I am a college student, and for an assignment everyone in the class had to write Wikipedia articles on female writers of color. I'm not some crazed fan or anything like that, I just enjoy TV and figured a relatively new TV writer would be an easy person to write about. I'm sorry if the article made you uncomfortable or anything like that.

Zach — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zachattack9 (talk • contribs) 06:39, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

Severn Stars

Hi Fastily. You deleted Severn Stars per WP:PROD back on October 19, 2017. It was subsequently recreated (at least an article with the same name was created) about a month later. Can you tell whether this latest version is an improvement over the one which you deleted? If not, then I'm wondering whether the recreation of the article should be treated as a WP:DEPROD and a WP:HISTMERGE is needed. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:42, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. The latest version is in better condition than the deleted revision. For reference, here is a temporary pastebin with a copy of the article at time of deletion. Regards, FASTILY 21:41, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying things. Do you think the edit history of the older deleted version is needed? I'm also wondering if a {{Oldprodfull}} should be added to the talk page of the newer version. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:24, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:CarPlay iOS 10.png

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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Gmaxwell

Hi again. May I please have an emailed copy of the wikitext of the subject page?   — Jeff G. ツ 06:09, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi Jeff. Here is a temporary pastebin with the contents of the page prior to being archived. Regards, FASTILY 21:46, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Cameron Johnson

Would you mind unprotecting Cameron Johnson? I want to create an article for the notable basketball player of that name. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 17:03, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi Editorofthewiki. The page isn't protected. Regards, FASTILY 22:49, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Warring

One bold edit and one revert hardly "revert warring" make. VQuakr (talk) 04:30, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

MTC

w:Wikipedia:MTC!

Please disallow moving files without author/source to Commons, they might as well be nominated for deletion locally. Alexis Jazz (talk) 16:31, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

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Why did I receive the above message, questioning who created the file? It specifically says that I created it, and the date that I created it. Why am I told that it will be deleted? When the file was uploaded, it was done according to regulations. Why do you post threats of deletion with deadlines, then post that you are on leave and will only check once or twice a month, LONG past the deadline you set?

I would like an explanation. Scotwood72 (talk) 15:33, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

De-lurking: The file looks like it should be OK to me. The original is presumably PD, given that Victoria died in 1901. It's hard to decide whether it's a 2-D or 3-D work, but if it's 3-D, all that means (as I understand it) is that the photographer might have a copyright interest, and that's been explicitly released. I suppose there's a theoretical possibility that the work could have been created long enough after Victoria's death to still be under copyright, in which case you'd get into freedom of panorama issues, but it seems unlikely. --Trovatore (talk) 20:11, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

G13 mass deletions

Hi, I've noticed that you've speedy deleted per G13 about 140 drafts in the space of four to five minutes today. You haven't made any draftspace edits and Category:G13 eligible AfC submissions is currently empty (after you only one G13 deletion has been performed by another admin). This seems to suggest you've deleted absolutely every draft that had been tagged for G13 (with the possible exception of one), and given the time spent – about one deletion every other second – it seems unlikely you perform any meaningful evaluation of the content. That's just an observation, maybe I'm simply jumping to conclusions? It's possible that for example simply all the 280 drafts were unsalvageable rubbish. – Uanfala (talk) 09:32, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi Uanfala. This was already explained to you. -FASTILY 17:54, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

I thought you'd forgotten about that discussion or would be too embarrassed to bring it up. Well, if you insist on referring to it, then I should probably express my disbelief at the explanation given there. Maybe there's something I'm misunderstanding, but I'm really finding it difficult to imagine that an admin would open over a hundred tabs in their browser for each of the drafts eligible for deletion, then inspect them carefully with the intention of deleting at the end only the ones they don't see as promising and leaving the rest for somebody else to deal with, and that the whole exercise would then end with apparently all the drafts getting deleted and none being left for somebody else. – Uanfala (talk) 21:27, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

I suggest you do your research before slinging bad faith accusations. Spoiler alert: I *did* leave some. I also find your antagonistic tone here and obsessive, battleground-type behavior towards everything G13-related to be troubling. A bit of friendly advice: it's great that you're passionate about something, but if you continue to conduct yourself like this, you'll inevitably face sanctions. Have a nice day. -FASTILY 22:19, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

I'm sorry if my tone was antagonistic, that wasn't my intention. – Uanfala (talk) 23:01, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

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TFD

Please use XFDCloser when deleting templates at TFD. Not only does it save you clicks, it saves me from having to figure out why there are a bunch of redlinked templates with open discussions. Thanks! Primefac (talk) 02:52, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

And if you don't want to use the closer, User:Doug/closetfd.js is a nice tool for closing discussions themselves. Primefac (talk) 02:53, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello

Hello, I from Vietnamese Wikipedia, in vi.wiki, some users Upload many copyright pictures to only use for a Portal, can I delete them? Sorry for bother, in vi.wiki policies are not really full and clearly :). Mai Ngọc Xuân (talk) 05:45, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi Mai Ngọc Xuân. I do not edit at vi wiki, so I unfortunately cannot offer you any guidance on this matter. Kind Regards, FASTILY 20:04, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

I want to know in en.wiki what you do? Mai Ngọc Xuân (talk) 04:24, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

In Portal:Harry Potter, I cann't see a pictures, it mean cann't use copyright pictures for Portal? Mai Ngọc Xuân (talk) 04:29, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Non-free content is disallowed in Portals on the English Wikipedia. -FASTILY 06:02, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks :) Mai Ngọc Xuân (talk) 05:08, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

File:Gilroy Garlic Festival Logo.png

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Critical Pride Madrid

Hey, sorry I can't find why you deleted the page for Critical Pride Madrid. Please explain. --Sparrow (麻雀) 🐧 18:36, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi Sparrow (麻雀). I did not delete the page. It was moved to Draft:Critical Pride Madrid by @Chrissymad -FASTILY 22:28, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Cartoon images

Upon logging in after a long a break, I found out you deleted some images I uploaded. It appears some user doubted the copyright status of those images because the links added with them are dead. With regards to File:Beans and Porky in Boom Boom.jpg and File:Little Kitty.jpg, maybe I could find sources regarding their status. But as for File:Mechanical Man First Scene.jpg with was used Mechanical Man, I have evidence regarding its status in these archived links:[80][81]

FoxLad (talk) 01:26, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi FoxLad. Thanks, I've restored File:Mechanical Man First Scene.jpg and updated the file description page accordingly. If you can provide details on the other two files, I can restore those too. Regards, FASTILY 01:47, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

The film "Boom Boom" is a Looney Tunes cartoon in the public domain.[82] Little Kitty is a character in several Looney Tunes cartoons, some of which are PD (eg "Westward Whoa"[83]) and others not. Check here to see Little Kitty is included. Thincat (talk) 10:05, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

KDLP logo is public domain

In some countries witch include Japan and South Korea, escheat copyright works became public domain. --Sharouser (talk) 17:19, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Images with a deletion tag

Hi Fastily, would it be possible for FastilyBot to exclude images with a deletion tag from being tagged as Commons-eligible? (example: File:Who owns Enterprise.jpg). If I nominate a file for deletion as a possible copyright violation, I will often remove the Commons tag and then FastilyBot dutifully puts it right back. --B (talk) 09:52, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi B. FastilyBot does not add {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} to files. The example you linked is a removal. Regards, FASTILY 19:21, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Sigh - I blame it being too early in the morning. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. ;) --B (talk) 10:52, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

G13 refund

Hi, would you be able to restore Draft:The Abbey of Eskirotz and Ilarratz? As long as it's not utter garbage (I have no idea why it was on my watchlist). Thanks! – Uanfala (talk) 21:15, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Nevermind, someone else has had it restored in the meantime. – Uanfala (talk) 22:41, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Bot feedback

Hey there Fastily - I got pinged by your bot about File:Vanguardstitch.jpg (which I uploaded in 2007, as a novice user). It didn't list a source, which I will add but here's the thing about indiscriminately deleting these files - which this episode illustrates. Here is a file (low-res newspaper scan) that has a clear and correct fair use rationale, and in fact the rationale infobox itself states the likely copyright holder "copyright for it is most likely held by either the publisher of the newspaper or the individual contributors who worked on the articles or images depicted".

So I happen to still be active since 2007, and checking my talk page. But it is quite possible that I would not be, and even though the image is totally legit, and the particular source doesn't matter because it is covered under an accepted wiki fair use guideline, it would have been deleted needlessly.

I don't know what the solution here is (maybe a little more logic around noticing fair use rationales or something and changing bot behavior accordingly) but it just seems like this is a recipe for needless deletion, whereas a more tailored approach would save good content.

Thanks-

--Vivisel (talk) 15:30, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi Vivisel. FastilyBot does not nominate files for deletion; it sends deletion warnings on behalf of other editors. I'd suggest getting in touch with the editor who nominated File:Vanguardstitch.jpg for deletion, @JJMC89 -FASTILY 01:32, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

My mistake! Thanks for the info. I'll do that. Vivisel (talk) 12:41, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

F8 Candidates

I wrote a query a while back : https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/20698 Is this the same as what your bot is doing, because it means I can retire my manual efforts if it is. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 08:10, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi ShakespeareFan00. To some extent, yes; FastilyBot maintains Wikipedia:Database reports/Local files with a duplicate on Commons. Human review is still necessary because of the number of inappropriate/malformed transfers. -FASTILY 04:25, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

File transfer request

User:Fbot redirects to this page, so please help transfer this File:Spanish_guitar45px.png to Commons.Thanks.--Wasami007 (talk) 02:56, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Template:CopyrightedFairUse-DPRK

Can you summarize what did this now deleted (Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2017 July 8#Template:CopyrightedFairUse-DPRK) template say? – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 20:48, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi Finnusertop. Here is a copy of the text at the time of deletion. -FASTILY 04:49, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. You may delete the pastebin copy now if you wish. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 21:06, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Images without sources

Some queries that may be useful..

The queries: https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/29813 (really old material) pre the 2005 ish cutoff when sourcing started to be enforced. https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/29748 is the current one I was working from, it excludes some categories of imaes which are less of a priority.

Generally where I can with this query, I've been updating inamge data to use {{information}}, because I am finding quite a lot of the earlier uploads, are actually sourced, but not necessarily in a way the automated systems/tools recognise.

You might also want to take a look at some of my other current queries to see if any could be implemented as bots or changes to wizards. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 08:21, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi ShakespeareFan00. Thanks for sharing, I'll look into making them recurring database reports. Regards, FASTILY 23:46, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

File:Frodo.jpg

Not sure how to fix this. this image should be this one (infobox) of Elijah Wood as Frodo, but as you can see it's a dog from Commons. The confusing part is the filenames are different File:Frodo el perro Dálmata.jpg. The non-free rationales on the local copy are for the Elijah Wood image. Anyway could you have a look and see if you can straighten this out and if you could give me a ping so I can see how these type of issues are handled. Thank you very much, have a great day. - FlightTime Phone (open channel) 16:44, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi FlightTime. c:File:Frodo.jpg is a redirect to c:File:Frodo el perro Dálmata.jpg. For some reason, the Commons redirect was taking precedence over the enwp file. AFAIK this isn't the normal behavior, so guessing there's an outdated MediaWiki cache somewhere. I've moved enwp's copy to File:Frodo Baggins holding Sting.jpg which has resolved the issue. Regards, FASTILY 23:46, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Template:Rfd/t

Thank you very much for this template deletion! Best to you.  Paine Ellsworth  ^put'r there  09:45, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

No problem! Best, FASTILY 05:47, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Fusion Power Associates

Hello,

Back in January, you marked the article for the Fusion Power Associates the main lobbying effort for Nuclear Fusion in the US as being non-relevant and lacking sources.

1. I know there were sources in that page. I wrote it. I never write anything on the web without sources. If you just Google "Fusion Power Associates" there are several sources verifying that the group exists: (1) the website (2) interviews with the groups co-founder (3) mentioning of the group on multiple academic resumes (they give out a prestigious awards to fusion researchers, every year, and have for 36+ years).

2. The FPA has been the advocate for fusion research in the United States and US support abroad since 1980. The founder wrote a Book published by Springer Publishing, entitled: "The Search for the Ultimate Energy Source" which documents the groups' 32 year history. They help steer the FESAC committee, and coordinated funding for fusion research through the DOE, through administration after administration.

3. Moreover, with a host of new fusion startups (included General Fusion and TAE Technologies with 1+ Billion dollars invested between them) fusion as a whole is starting to be taken more seriously by the public, and this group played a big role in shaping the field.

Bottom Line: can you please re-instate the page so I can correct these errors?

Sincerely, Dr. Matthew J. Moynihan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WikiHelper2134

Hi Dr. Moynihan. I've completed your request, but I do not believe the topic meets our notability criteria. Regards, FASTILY 05:47, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Question

You deleted Category:1952 disestablishments in Tennessee as a empty category. I create ALOT of disestablishment categories and seem to think I did this one. (It was a page my web browser had as a page I been to before) Can you please tell me if I created it and when. I wouldn't create an empty category and I'm wondering how it got empty. Thanks in advance....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 18:51, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi WilliamJE. You are not the creator of Category:1952 disestablishments in Tennessee. Regards, FASTILY 05:20, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

Deletions in absentia

Hi Fastily. I question the wisdom of performing file deletions while not being regularly accessible "Due to RL commitments". May I please suggest that you reconsider the practice. For example, today you deleted File:Hydril Compact BOP Patent.jpg in spite of the fact that its deletion (and the deletion of numerous other patent drawing image files) remains under debate here: c:COM:Village pump/Copyright#Reproductions_of_patent_text_and_illustrations. —Catsquisher (talk) 19:15, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

ip-range-calc

Hi, I've been told this is your tool. I'd like to report a minor problem with it. The <title> title bar text says "calcuate" instead of "calculate". This isn't a big deal obviously, but if it could be fixed that would be nice. Useful tool by the way -- think I used it myself way back when. ♫ekips39 (talk)❀ 02:14, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

Hi Ekips39. Thanks for the bug report! I've fixed that typo. Regards, FASTILY 05:01, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

File:Hottinger emblem 1820s.png

Hi Fastily, I don’t understand why you deleted the Hottinger emblem. Please can you explain?

Hi, please see WP:CSD#F3 -FASTILY 07:18, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Your G8 deletion of User:Stwalkerster/sandbox/r1

Hey, please can you remember to look at the little bit on the speedy deletion template that says "Administrators: check links, history (last), and logs before deletion"? If you'd checked that, you'd have seen that I've already undeleted, and declined a G8 on that page. I'm trying to debug a script which screws up on awkward redirects, and as I've mentioned in the history, I'll delete it myself when I'm done. I've undeleted it (again) now, but I had hoped that the commentary in the history and the log was sufficient to stop it being deleted again... stwalkerster (talk) 21:58, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Hartlepool United FC.png

Hi, is there any chance (way?) of restoring File:Hartlepool United FC.png as I want to include it back in the history of the Hartlepool F.C. page? It is pretty central tot he article Abcmaxx (talk) 14:28, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

My Apologies RE: UserPage: Justicemitchell

I miss understood the "User Page" as being a profile for the user and not a public insertion to wiki. After creating so many social profiles over the years I didn't realize the vast differentiation here. I'll go do what I should have done in the first place and get my learning on.

Thanks.

Justicemitchell (talk) 21:10, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Patience Kalu

Please can you kindly restore the draft article so I can add more recent valuable info to it? Thanks. HandsomeBoy (talk) 18:58, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

 Done -FASTILY 00:56, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Mobispine

I understand you excluded an expired PROD on Mobispine. Please confirm if was subject to a prior PROD and should have been declined. Thankyou. Djm-leighpark (talk) 10:28, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Having waited 24 hours on a response on whether this should have been a declined PROD I have now taken to Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion. Thankyou. Djm-leighpark (talk) 19:40, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Moving talk pages to Commons

The RDT Catalog of pictograms is now maintained at Commons, but these talk pages have been left behind. What's the procedure for getting them moved?

Current location	Correct location
en:Wikipedia talk:Route diagram template/Catalog of pictograms	c:Talk:BSicon/Catalogue
en:Wikipedia talk:Route diagram template/Catalog of pictograms/straight tracks	c:Talk:BSicon/Catalogue/straight tracks
en:Wikipedia talk:Route diagram template/Catalog of pictograms/stations	c:Talk:BSicon/Catalogue/stations
en:Wikipedia talk:Route diagram template/Catalog of pictograms/parallel stations	c:Talk:BSicon/Catalogue/parallel stations
en:Wikipedia talk:Route diagram template/Catalog of pictograms/branchings	c:Talk:BSicon/Catalogue/branchings
en:Wikipedia talk:Route diagram template/Catalog of pictograms/junctions	c:Talk:BSicon/Catalogue/junctions
en:Wikipedia talk:Route diagram template/Catalog of pictograms/parallel junctions	c:Talk:BSicon/Catalogue/parallel junctions
en:Wikipedia talk:Route diagram template/Catalog of pictograms/parallel crossings and crossovers	c:Talk:BSicon/Catalogue/parallel crossings and crossovers
en:Wikipedia talk:Route diagram template/Catalog of pictograms/others	c:Talk:BSicon/Catalogue/others
en:Wikipedia talk:Route diagram template/Catalog of pictograms/generic roads	c:Talk:BSicon/Catalogue/generic roads
en:Wikipedia talk:Route diagram template/Catalog of pictograms/watercourses	c:Talk:BSicon/Catalogue/watercourses

Useddenim (talk) 23:13, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) I would suggest just {{soft redirect}}ing them like this. — JJMC89 (T·C) 05:50, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

@JJMC89: That is the completely wrong solution, as it orphans the en:WP talk pages. Useddenim (talk) 19:46, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

File:Larry Sharpe, Libertarian.jpg

Hi Fastily, can you transfer File:Larry Sharpe, Libertarian.jpg to Commons? My attempt to transfer it resulted in me receiving the "ERROR: ⧼abusefilter-warning-otrs⧽" message because of {{PermissionOTRS}} being on the file's description page. This requires an OTRS agent to move the file to Commons. ℯxplicit 06:06, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

​ Done as File:Larry Sharpe portrait.jpg — JJMC89 (T·C) 07:17, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

File:Richmond_Train_Station_2018.jpg

Was looking over my older contributions to check my own performance and found this revision:Old revision of File:Richmond_Train_Station_2018.jpg

The name given IS the uploader, because they put that name and {{own}} on other uploads of station images they uploaded.

Much appreciated if you could look at the other uploaders contributions and reconsider this one in a fuller context ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 08:07, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi ShakespeareFan00. Thanks for pointing that out. Regards, FASTILY 08:13, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

As you will note, I went and audited all this user's files, and they're all good to go for Commons. Thanks for all your work here. :) TheDragonFire (talk) 12:41, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

The error of MTC

Do you know how to fix the error in the image below (gif image)? Minhngoc25a (talk) 18:34, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

MTC error

Hi Minhngoc25a. Have you tried running the application via Terminal? The command is java -jar [PATH_TO_MTC], replacing [PATH_TO_MTC] with the path to MTC on your computer -FASTILY 00:35, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

I used the command java -jar /home/nguyen/Downloads/MTC-1.1.0.jar but it failed, the output is:

Error: Could not find or load main class mtc.App


Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javafx/application/Application

Minhngoc25a (talk) 10:19, 12 November 2018 (UTC).

P/s: I used the OpenJDK 11 package, not Java. Is that what caused the problem? Minhngoc25a (talk) 10:21, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Looks like you're missing the JavaFX package. You can do that with sudo apt-get install openjfx -FASTILY 04:20, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

No, I'm not. I installed it before. Minhngoc25a (talk) 05:05, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Did some research and found that JavaFX is not included with OpenJDK 11. You can try installing the JavaFX Linux SDK, but I do not know the specific steps to make it work. Your easiest option is to use the latest version of Java 8. -FASTILY 05:21, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

The easiest is to use Windows.Minhngoc25a (talk) 14:16, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Restore The Article Deleted

Hello! The article that I created Anamika Mishra is credible and been moved to main space by a wikipedia editor. I request you to restore/undelete the article so that I can add more citation which will state the notability of the person. I thank you in advance for being helpful. Edypanda (talk) 19:15, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Misleading information for a public figure in my country

Hello,

Im contacting on behalf of a famous singer named Trim Ademi known as Capital T.

Someone is constantly changing his name and trying to use it through social media to get business deals.

It is really urgent to protect his wiki page with the first and last name : Trim Ademi, i have his passport if you need verification.

thank you!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_T — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fidmor1 (talk • contribs) 15:27, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

ArbCom 2018 election voter message

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Unprotection request - T-Pain

More than eight years ago, you semi-protected T-Pain due to BLP issues. Now that he's not as prominent in the music community, I don't see any harm in unprotecting it, so hope you'll consider doing so. (I had to log in for the first time in years to edit!) Thanks, Ral315 (talk) 09:23, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

 Done -FASTILY 03:23, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

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Hello, Fastily. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.SQL^{Query me!} 09:58, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Page deletion

Hello, Fastily,

I was looking at the Deletion Log and noticed that you are often deleting 5 or 6 or more pages during the same minute. Is there a script that helps you delete more than one page at the same time? Maybe it's my old computer but I find myself only being able to delete one page every minute or every two minutes. I was wondering if there was some tool available that would make this go faster.

Thanks for any advice you can offer! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:29, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi Liz. I'm using a fairly new desktop computer with a 27" display and 1 Gigabit internet connection. When deleting pages, I'm using a combination of browser tabs, keyboard shortcuts, Twinkle, and several home-grown scripts. Hope that helps. Best, FASTILY 07:55, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Edit request

I would normally put a request on the talkpage, but I'm posting here for a faster response. Could you remove the top file from MediaWiki:Bad image list since it's deleted? ^Semi_Hypercube ✎ 01:03, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Already done. ^Semi_Hypercube ✎ 01:12, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Draft:List of Nigeria women's national football team managers

Please kindly restore, article will be created soon. Thanks. HandsomeBoy (talk) 11:33, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Even if you don't want to restore to the draft location, can you kindly move the content to my sandbox? It took me a while to gather all the managers since 1991, even the category I created for it isn't as complete as the list. HandsomeBoy (talk) 19:47, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

Draft

Can you please restore Draft:Intellectuals for Donald Trump so that I can at least save the content in a Word document on my laptop and then work on it at my own pace? (Or e-mail it to me.) I didn't know our personal drafts could be deleted randomly like that. I would've appreciated a quick note on my talkpage first.Zigzig20s (talk) 12:21, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Article removal

Good afternoon, I have been working on my Wikipedia article "The Power of Patient Stories" and it was deleted. I was wondering if I would be able to know what issues to fix and if I could complete them so that they could be re-checked. Lvazq064 (talk) 22:16, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

Lvazq064, The article you were writing was moved to Draft:The Power of Patient Stories where you can continue working on it, not deleted. I would suggest that you write a lead section that explains to readers the basics of the topic. I'm not really sure what the article is about at the moment. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 01:48, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

User:Hengming (5sWind) Zhang

Hello! I think you edit conflicted with this user. They reposted their resume/job listing style userpage at the same time you deleted it. Would you mind doing one more swoop? HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 06:03, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi HickoryOughtShirt.  Done -FASTILY 06:04, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Luna Bijl

Hi Fastily, I see you speedily deleted Luna Bijl as R2 and you probably saw why I redirected it back to draft. (I didn’t know that was a criteria for speedy deletion). The problem is this redlink user Aguycalledfelipe keeps fucking moving my not even remotely finished drafts into article space without even asking me first. Please block him! Trillfendi (talk) 21:43, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Template:Change/error

I don't what Template:Change/error was but since it was deleted, articles such as Municipalities of Hidalgo are now showing several "Lua error: expandTemplate: template "change/error" does not exist." See Category:Pages with script errors or, better, the articles with an error. Johnuniq (talk) 04:30, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi Johnuniq. I've restored it, and it's literally just an empty page. Please add a more descriptive error message. Thanks, FASTILY 05:32, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Hmm, I just monitor the script errors category, but having had a quick look at Module:Change the transclusion of {{change/error}} was possibly a trick to avoid yet another tracking category. Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Change/error shows pages where change/error was transcluded, and they are the pages where {{change}} is used with an invalid or missing parameter. I'll raise the issue with the author. At least change/error could have some noinclude text explaining what it is. Johnuniq (talk) 05:56, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Silvia Pinal, frente a ti

Hey, could you restore the article? The series has already been announced as part of the Las Estrellas programming for 2019.--Philip J Fry (¿Dime quién ama de verdad?) 02:30, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Template:Monthly clean-up category/Messages/Redirects for discussion

could you either (a) restore this or (b) fix the pages using it: Category:Redirects for discussion from October 2018, Category:Redirects for discussion from November 2018, and Category:Redirects for discussion from December 2018? thank you. Frietjes (talk) 18:50, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi Frietjes. Done, but it's literally just an empty page; please add some documentation to the page describing its purpose. Thanks, FASTILY 03:01, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Hello Fastily: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, TheSandDoctor ^Talk 07:55, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings1}} to send this message

Thanks!

On Christmas, I'd prefer enough snow to bring out the plows, but I'll settle for your kind assistance cleaning up my userspace! Thanks. And seasons' greetings! NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 03:26, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi NewsAndEventsGuy. Glad I could help, Happy Holidays! -FASTILY 03:32, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

@NewsAndEventsGuy: I would wish for the same! Snow is amazing and one of my favourite things --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 06:40, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

A goat for you!

Thanks for the DELETE

ImmortalWizard(chat) 16:04, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

Deletion review for SAFE Network

An editor has asked for a deletion review of SAFE Network. 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. Fuelbottle (talk) 23:54, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

File:Walter Runciman.jpg

Hi again. You deleted the image (File:Walter Runciman.jpg) per FFD discussion. The US copyright either will expire today or tomorrow, so I would like to please have it undeleted and then re-used in Walter Runciman. Thanks. -- George Ho (talk) 01:28, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi George Ho,  Done -FASTILY 04:47, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

I see you have transferred the image to Commons. What about the UK copyright? Could the author Walter Stoneman have been identified before 1994, seventy years after first publication? George Ho (talk) 04:51, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for finding that link. I'll restore the file locally and update the file description page accordingly. -FASTILY 05:25, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

2019 MAC Football season template

Can you View the template please because the View Is red Can you fix the template from Red to blue for view please. 68.103.78.155 (talk) 01:20, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

User:Jurita Kalite

… re-created their user page you've recently deleted. Please check if it looks fine now. --Лушников Владимир Александрович (talk) 09:29, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

I will create this page as my encyclopedic biography page as artist Jurita Kalite. I am Jurita Kalite, artist and live celebrity, and I am owner of Lady Ju Gallery and website www.ladyjugallery.co.uk.

All paintings and photos and text under my own copyright UK and Intellectual property Office. I will claim to you as violence my copyright and illegal delete my own biography. ( Jurita Kalite (talk) 09:37, 12 January 2019 (UTC) )

Where is my page with photos? did you deleted its? why? what is incorrect? tildes (Jurita Kalite (talk) 10:10, 12 January 2019 (UTC))

Please check the photos I was added in to my page - its ok?

Please check the photos I was added to my page. I would like to be sure everything ok with this photos and copyright. This my own photos. I am artist Jurita Kalite and owner of this page and owner of Lady Ju Gallery and website www.ladyjugallery. Please confirm - everything ok with this photos and i can keep this photos on my page in WIKI as my portret in my enciclopedy page. Thank you( Jurita Kalite (talk) 09:54, 12 January 2019 (UTC) )

Where is my page with photos? did you deleted its? why? what is incorrect? tildes (Jurita Kalite (talk) 10:10, 12 January 2019 (UTC))

Syria TV (private)

Hello, Thank you so much for following up on the article I've created under the title of Syria TV (Private). I'm trying to improve the article by adding more resources and linking it with other aarticles in wikipedia. The fact is I found little information about this pro-opposition Syrian television network, that is opposed to the Syrian regime. The station is out there, and they have lots of programs shows, and I thought that a Wikipedia article could somehow clarify that this is not the official TV station that is pro-Assad. For this reason, I hope that the article, after adding more citations and links, could qualify for publishing. Thanks again. Zeidan87 (talk) 13:21, 14 January 2019 (UTC)Zeidan87

Module deletion

I put {{db-author}} on Module:Sandbox/Swpb/demo-inline/doc with the intent that the module itself should be deleted, since the template will not work on the module itself. I see you deleted the doc page, but not the module. Is there a correct way to mark a module for speedy deletion? I would hate to have to take my sandbox modules to Wikipedia:Templates for discussion every time. Thanks! —swpb^{T • go beyond • bad idea} 14:15, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi Swpb. I just G7'd Module:Sandbox/Swpb/demo-inline for you. I'm not entirely sure what the best practice is for requesting module deletions; maybe someone at WP:VPT might know. Regards, FASTILY 22:44, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! —swpb^{T • go beyond • bad idea} 17:38, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

Image Tagging

Hey there Fastily, I'm not sure if you remember me but many years ago You admin coached me when my username was Skater. I hope you're doing well. I'm currently trying to get back into the swing of the project now that my life has settled down enough and I've been reviewing our coaching on Image policy and tagging for deletion. I was wondering if after I get a few you would mind looking them over to make sure I'm on the right track with the accurate tags. Thanks again for all of your help. --Church ^Talk 20:09, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi Church, welcome back! I've spot-checked your recent file tags, and they look fine. If you'd like me to look at anything specific (or if you have any questions), feel free to let me know! Best, FASTILY 08:05, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Category:Taiwanese railway station stubs

Not sure I should go to WP:REFUND, since it wasn't an expired prod. If I should, please let me know. I created this category a few weeks ago (and added it to the stub sort page), due to about 15-20 new pages which had been recently created about Taiwanese rail stations. However, when I went to add the cat to those pages, it wouldn't recognize it. I meant to ask what I had done wrong in creating the cat (I've created others without issue, but don't do it very often). For example, Neiwei railway station. If you could restore it and let me know what I did wrong in creating it, I'll go back to those articles and add them to the cats. And again my apologies if I should have gone to wp:refend.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 12:07, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi Onel5969. As a rule of thumb, WP:REFUND may be used for pages which were not obvious policy violations and not deleted via XfD; I've restored the page. I'm guessing you'll need to add a reference to this category in {{Taiwan-railstation-stub}} if you want it to show up on any transcluded pages. Regards, FASTILY 08:05, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Fastily. But I've obviously done something wrong. It still won't let me add that cat to pages. And since I don't deal that much with templates (each one I create takes me days), I'm not sure what to do on that template page. Any direction and or help would be greatly appreciated. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 00:09, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

File:TomWaits Vancouver2008.jpg

Hi,

You closed Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2019 January 7#File:TomWaits Vancouver2008.jpg as delete. It was a non-free image. The same image, File:TomWaits Vancouver2008.jpg, has been uploaded again, but this time, the uploader is claiming they are the copyright holder. Did the file information from the firast upload provide the same author info, or is this just s straight up copyvio? Thanks, -- Whpq (talk) 23:34, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @Whpq: The original was sourced to www.ohjohnny.net, which is now a redirect to spam. I've nuked it. — JJMC89 (T·C) 02:42, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks. -- Whpq (talk) 02:49, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Fastily (talk | contribs) deleted page File:Sébah & Joaillier - Sultan Mehmed VI - original scan.tiff ‎(F8: Media file available on Commons: File:Mehmet VI, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front LCCN2004667905.tif)

You may want to be careful with these sorts of things: Fæ, for probably decent enough reasons, bot-uploaded tons of what accidentally became really badly documented tiffs to Commons in early 2018. I've copied over all the information from File:Sébah & Joaillier - Sultan Mehmed VI.png (which, by the way, can now be deleted.)

As an aside, File:Sébah & Joaillier - Sultan Mehmed VI.jpg was moved over to Commons almost two years before we should have hosted it there, which is why everything broke so badly. The prematurely moved file was undeleted at the start of 2018, missing all the files left behind on en-wiki, and... yeah. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs} 15:03, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Global User

Hi

I wanted to know that how to become a global user? Especially the userpage. :) Siddiqsazzad001 <Talk/> 05:24, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi Siddiqsazzad001. Your global user page is on meta. If you request that your enwp userpage be deleted, then your global user page will be displayed. -FASTILY 05:59, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Like this CA, BH Siddiqsazzad001 <Talk/> 06:05, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

File:Jason-strout-ray-arizmendi.jpg

Hello Again Fastily, Would you mind taking a look at my tagging here? I wasn't sure if this should have been sent to Files for Discussion, or No Evidence of permission. (Instagram is blocked on my work network, but I checked on mobile) and I couldn't see where this was agreed to this license. --Church ^Talk 18:16, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi Church. Looks fine to me, though it could also be speedy-deleted as a copyvio. Regards, FASTILY 20:14, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Star Wars Last Jedi audience response

Fastily, I know that you pointed people to WP:REFUND/G13 if they wanted this draft undeleted. But WP:REFUND/G13 doesn't fit because I and others don't want the page undeleted so that we can work on it. We want it undeleted to preserve its talk page, which is important because of discussions that took place there and helped form consensus at the corresponding article. See Draft talk:Star Wars Last Jedi audience response#How to preserve this page when we are done. There, I mentioned that I had the talk pages of File talk:RogerHowarthToddManning2011.jpg and File talk:Peyton school shooting drawing.JPG preserved. Editors (including me) discussed how best to preserve the "Draft:Star Wars Last Jedi audience response" talk page, and one editor stated that we should also preserve the draft itself because of its edit history. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 21:26, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

Swarm, as you were involved in the previous discussion about what to do with this page, and are an admin, will you have a look at this? Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 22:08, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

Also pinging GoneIn60 and Alaney2k, who took part in the discussion as well. Alaney2k created the subpage, and got a notification about its deletion nomination from JMHamo. I happened to be preparing to log on and contest the deletion nomination (of the talk page rather than the main page) when seeing that JMHamo had nominated it. But Fastily deleted the page soon after I spotted the nomination. GoneIn60 and Alaney2k, we clearly need a solution. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 23:13, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

I just saw this by Anthony Appleyard after a request on his talk page. The content is now at Talk:Star Wars: The Last Jedi/Archive audience response. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 23:23, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

Talk:Berkhamsted child rape network/Temp

Hey Fastily. Just a heads up. I was in the process of declining the speedy deletion of the above page, which you deleted while I was composing my decline. My intended decline edit summary should explain pretty much all the issues incvolved, so let me just quote it:

Declining speedy. Were I unfamiliar with the process, Ariconte, I would have tagged it the same way. The issue is that this is the temporary page {{copyvio}} creates for users to use as a temporary location for rewriting without infringement, while the copyvio is being investigated, but the user removed the pre-load, automatic header before saving that would have alerted you as to why it exists. I have restored the notice the user left out (thereby nearly guaranteeing a tagging like this!)

And here's the notice I was placing (here in nowiki tags), that the user failed to include when they saved the temporary page (preview without the nowikis to see its output):

{{mbox|type=content|text=This is a '''temporary''' page created because the article at [[Draft:Berkhamsted child rape network]] is suspected to be a [[Wikipedia:Copyrights|copyright violation]]. Please work on a substitute article below.<br />Admins: Please don't delete this page unless you are sure it is no longer needed.<!-- Please don't remove this header, and create the new article below this line. -->}}

Hmm. Since it's already deleted, and the user did fail to include the notice, and because the page is pretty fraught (I think that there may indeed still be copyvios, and I am uncomfortable with the level of sourcing, given the BLPs involved and the nature of the content, let's just leave it deleted). I just think you might want to know about these types of copyvio temp pages, so that if you see this again, you'll recognize it's probably a temporary page created through {{Copyvio}}, but with the notice text left out. (Oh, and pinging involved: Ariconte). Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:20, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

21:37, 26 January 2019 Fastily deleted page User:Captain122000

Hi Fastily

Just tried to post on Wikipedia some relevant information (wine in our region ! And this is new !) but, apparently, this was not done correctly. And the HELP function is not of any help (or, maybe, to complex for me).

-(

Michel — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:2788:684:1278:E0F9:B797:C471:C0F3 (talk) 09:57, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

A question regarding fair use for none LPs

Hi Fastily, for cases of dead people, how is the "Minimal extent of use" is interpreted? Does the fair use policy allows to use a full-height photo of the subject or it limits the usage to the closed portrait of his/her bust image? Thanks you. --Mhhossein ^talk 13:36, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi Mhhossein. As a rule of thumb, non-free images are limited to 0.1 megapixels. Exceptions may be discussed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion, but require extenuating circumstances to remain > 0.1 megapixels. If cropping an image to meet this requirement helps, then by all means do it. -FASTILY 21:28, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the response, but I mostly would like to know the concern is just quality (resolution). In other words, if there's low resolution picture of dead people showing the subject in full-height, do we need to crop that picture so that it only shows a portrait? Since, it might be said when the closed portrait suffices, why should we use more parts of the picture? --Mhhossein ^talk 19:17, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

From a purely administrative perspective, only resolution matters; if a photo already satisfies the 0.1 megapixel requirement, then determining whether to use a crop of said photo should be discussed on the talk page of the article in question. -FASTILY 22:32, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

Prabhat Kumar Mishra writer actor director

Hey Fastily,

They have recreated their user page. It seems they are here solely to promote themselves, and not build an encyclopedia. -- 1989 (talk) 12:12, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Same thing for BasilFitzsimmons. 1989 (talk) 20:44, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi 1989. BasilFitzsimmons is now blocked, and I just left Prabhat Kumar Mishra writer actor director a final warning (if they continue, please report them to AIV). -FASTILY 03:03, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

Santhosh Think Music

The Page wasn't created as a means of self promotion, It was created for founder of the company who is “notable.” — Preceding unsigned comment added by Santhosh Kumar Think Music (talk • contribs) 10:34, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

gia...giamas

Dear Fastily, Our page was recently deleted and we cannot understand why as I have seen a competitive company, Loux (company) has not been. We wanted to start posting about our grandmother's story in General and how the company gia...giamas came to be. Pictures and so forth,. I understand we cannot promote but I thought this would be a perfect platform for pictures and stories to start our log. Please advise what to do. thank you Eleni Psarra — Preceding unsigned comment added by GIA...GIAMAS (talk • contribs) 12:19, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Talk:Permafrost carbon cycle

Hi Fastily, I restored and populated Talk:Permafrost carbon cycle, which you deleted, citing "G6: Housekeeping and routine (non-controversial) cleanup: blank page, presumably created by mistake". Since it accompanied a legitimate article and all articles are supposed to have Talk pages, I populated it with a banner, as well. Sincerely, HopsonRoad (talk) 12:57, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

Deletion

Hi, just to let you know, User:ARADHYA VG official has immediately recreated the user page you just deleted with the same content. Kosack (talk) 14:06, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for deleting talk pages

Hi Fastily,

thank you for deleting the talkpages of Wolfsbach, Wildbach, Wahlbach, Waldbach and Walbach!

I assume that the "(G6: Housekeeping and routine (non-controversial) cleanup: blank page, presumably created by mistake" in the edit history was just your default text for such housekeeping – nevertheless: These talkpages were not created by mistake but did exist because these were former real articles about rivers. I've moved these articles and then turned the remnants into disambigs. Therefore, the talk page of the remnant was no longer necessary.

Regards and thank you again --Cyfal (talk) 14:09, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

Admin action required on a CSD template

Hi, could you please take a look at this CSD nominated article : Happy Wishy, the CSD tag is being removed multiple times, by various IPs(which I think belong to the creator of the page) Daiyusha (talk) 09:43, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

File:Sharon White, mixed-media artist, at Rotana Towers Dubai.jpg

Hi Fastily, Can you kindly advise? I'm currently writing up a page for Sharon White (mixed-media artist) who exhibited her artworks in Dubai. I uploaded an image that was taken by Sharon's own camera - File:Sharon White, mixed-media artist, at Rotana Towers Dubai.jpg but this has since been deleted. Please let me know where I've gone wrong?

Many thanks13:42, 3 February 2019 (UTC)DeanoJD (talk)DeanoJD

Hi DeanoJD. If you have permission from the copyright holder to publish the image on Wikipedia under a free license, then please follow the procedure at WP:DCP. Otherwise, the image is not suitable for Wikipedia and will stay deleted. -FASTILY 23:05, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

Tamalpa Runners

Without a discussion, you deleted this page. The first appropriate step is to ask for you to restore the page to my sandbox. Trackinfo (talk) 07:49, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

FfD deletion of File:Veronica_-_Vatican2.jpg

Hi Fastily. I would like to see if the deletion of File:Veronica_-_Vatican2.jpg can be reversed, and the page on deletion review says the place to start is to discuss it with the admin who closed the discussion. The discussion in question is here. This image was in use at Veil of Veronica, and it does not look like there was any attempt to notify editors of that page that the image was being discussed.

My concern is that that image, bad as it is, was the article's only actual image of its subject. All of the other images in the article are drawings or paintings based on the actual artifact, or photographs of other similar artifacts. This image appeared in a gallery of four images of related artifacts, and the text discusses the similarities between them, particularly the gilded metal sheet with an aperture, which was visible in all four images. The actual face is not visible in the picture, but that is kind of the point. Nobody has had a good look at this thing in over a century, and the person who did said that the face was no longer visible. It is still valuable to see the blurry image alongside the images of the other three artifacts, which may be ancient copies of it.

The reasons given for deletion were "blurry to the point of illegible" and "it appears this is a copyright violation". The image, though blurry, was still useful particularly when compared with the images of the other three artifacts. I'm not sure on what basis Magog the Ogre (talk · contribs) felt that the image appeared to be a copyright violation. Photographs that simply reproduce two-dimensional works that are old enough to be public domain are themselves public domain under US copyright law and are allowed by Wikipedia's rules.

I ended up here as a result of a question from another user at Talk:Veil of Veronica#Rome Veronica image.--Srleffler (talk) 04:39, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi Srleffler. Since this page was deleted via a deletion discussion, I am unable to unilaterally reverse the deletion; you are welcome to initiate a discussion at WP:DRV if you believe there is a strong case for restoration. Courtesy ping for @Magog the Ogre and @Salavat -FASTILY 07:18, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

I have no issue regarding the image either way if Srleffler thinks the image is of value to an article and the potential copyright violations are resolved. Salavat (talk) 12:10, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

User talk:Hannahpartridgeig

You deleted her user page but the content is also on their talk page and contains personal details that maybe need to be redacted? Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 11:56, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

User:Regis1984/sandbox

Hello, You deleted this sandbox. It contained a draft of an article for an Irish Supreme Court case that I was helping a new editor write. Can you restore it? AugusteBlanqui (talk) 15:59, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi AugusteBlanqui. I've restored the page and moved it to the draft namespace. Please use the draft namespace when collaborating with new editors in the future. Thanks, FASTILY 19:16, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Fastily AugusteBlanqui (talk) 19:35, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

G13 refund

Hi, would you be able to restore Draft:Palamu Language? Thanks! – Uanfala (talk) 13:41, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Hello there? – Uanfala (talk) 12:57, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

User:Dingleshah/sandbox

You deleted my sandbox because of misuse of wikipedia as a web host. I was trying to share information including the history of one of Singapore's established private education institutions. Unfortunately, there is no information about the college in Wikipedia. When I started my first edit I did not read that I had to write in my own words. I do not intend to sell or market the college, but to provide information about it to the general readers. I would appreciate it if you could restore my sandbox. This time round it will be in my own words. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dingleshah (talk • contribs) 08:03, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi Dingleshah. Please do not copy & paste content from other websites into Wikipedia, as this creates Copyright violations. Use the Article Wizard if you want to create a new draft. Thanks, FASTILY 22:34, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Wiki page for Andy Davis (pastor)

My page was deleted because of a U5 violation. The page I was making was to post information about a pastor and to give information about the work he does and has done. Is this against the rules? What is the difference between that page and many others that discuss popular pastors? He is already well known. Check the Gospel Coalition, Ligonier, and other websites via a short google search of "Andy Davis pastor" please. This was intended to be a draft that I improved upon gradually, citing sources as needed. Please restore this as a draft so I can continue working on it. Thanks

Hi FBCDurham. Please use the Article Wizard if you want to create a new draft. Thanks, FASTILY 22:34, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Database reports/Empty categories

Would you help tag empty categories (CSD C1) and not just delete the ones that are eligible for deletion? There seems to be some sort of contest going on for which admin can do the most page deletions that I do not understand. It's just one activity among the many that admins do. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:43, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi Liz. There is no policy requiring admins who process CSD's to also flag empty categories. However, I imagine this to be a tedious task, and believe it could be performed via bot. Is that something you are interested in? -FASTILY 08:03, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Winc

Hey I was wondering why did you delete my page, the winc sandbox one. WincTech (talk) 15:10, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Deletion of Young Marco entry draft

I received a notification that an entry I published in draft had been deleted by user Fastily. It says that it was deleted because I had not done anything to the draft in six months. It was my first entire entry and I was under the impression that someone else higher up the chain/with more experience would look at it and then make it a fully published article. I didn't receive any other feedback about the content as far as I could see, so I don't really understand why this was deleted. I'd like to get it "undeleted" but the process seems a bit complex. Any help appreciatedSellbydave (talk) 12:54, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

User:Hydraton31 - Thanks

Thank you for your help with this. --Hydraton31 (talk) _{{Contributions}} 03:14, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Please, delete the file. I would have done it myself, but I have insufficient privileges. Delete, delete, delete!

Rick21784 (talk) 09:00, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Images tagged for deletion escaping notice

Hi. I picked you to message as you appear to be actively looking at copyvio images about now. There's two images that have been tagged for lacking copyright info and for speedy deletion that seemed to have escpaed notice for close to a month. Can you have a look at:

• File:Stusi pic.jpg
• File:Seepark Picture 2.jpg

I don't understand why these haven't been picked up. The due date for deletion due to lack of licensing was Feb 5, 2019.

Thanks. -- Whpq (talk) 04:23, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)​ I'm not sure why they weren't showing up in the deletion categories, but I've deleted them both. — JJMC89 (T·C) 05:09, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

This is likely a caching issue in the MediaWiki software. If it keeps happening, then this might be a good task for Joe's Null Bot -FASTILY 07:32, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanjs! -- Whpq (talk) 11:08, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Forgot one?

Hello.

I think you forgot one: {{Water polo at the Summer Olympics category navbox}}.

Also, there seems to be documentation templates – /doc templates. They should probably go to.

HandsomeFella (talk) 03:16, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi HandsomeFella. That was deliberate. {{Water polo at the Summer Olympics category navbox}} is still being transcluded -FASTILY 03:35, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

G13 refund

Hi, would you mind restoring Draft:Residential grammar syntax? Thanks! – Uanfala (talk) 04:28, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Images - Unsourced...

https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/31081

Currently has only about 6 images, which need to be checked for sourcing.. As you have more experience perhaps you would consider forking the query and conducting an update of image media so that images which ARE sourced don't show up in it? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 14:05, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi ShakespeareFan00. Good idea, I can probably adapt this into a recurring database report. Thanks for sharing -FASTILY 19:58, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Please note that the opt-out list, was there for a reason, you might also want to exclude uploads by users that have {{nobots}} style exclusions, either on uploads or on their talk pages. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 11:42, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Also you might want to consider a bot to remove {{copy to Commons}} from files in Category:Files_with_no_machine-readable_source ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 22:00, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

This seems incorrect, given that not all files in Category:Files with no machine-readable source actually have no source -FASTILY 03:35, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Hmmm... So how do you identify files that genuinely have sources vs though that have one which can't be read mechanically? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 09:36, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Manual review, unfortunately. AFAIK this category was created by the WMF and is automatically added to files without {{Information}} or {{Non-free use rationale}}. Regards, FASTILY 10:28, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

File deletion

I'm quite unsure why me confirming the file was mine in the deletion review was not satisfactory, but I have emailed the two emails given to me to say the exact same thing told earlier - the file is mine. I'm happy to allow Wikipedia to continue using it (as they had been for many years prior, with my permission, since I uploaded it with correct attributions) - but frankly I will not go out of my way to force common sense into this discussion - if the file must remain deleted due to whatever auto review system Wiki has put in place than so be it. the discussion in question Garchy (talk) 20:04, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi Garchy. What are the OTRS numbers? -FASTILY 05:11, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

File:Balboa High School's official 90th Anniversary Logo.png

Now that this file is freely licensed by OTRS ticket can you restore the higher resolution version before it gets transferred to the commons. Thanks ww2censor (talk) 22:10, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi ww2censor.  Done -FASTILY 23:08, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Deletion of Template:Chart/start

Hello Fastily, as a result of your implementation of Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 February 27#Unused Chart subtemplates, the family tree at Rioli is completely broken. Do you know how it can be fixed? Thanks in advance! – Teratix ₵ 10:27, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Please undelete the doc page as well. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 03:16, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

User:The Ministry of Truth/Userboxes/Anarcho Syn et al

You may wish to participate in the MFD regarding this and related pages. UninvitedCompany 01:54, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Deletion review for User:The Ministry of Truth/Userboxes/No Darwinism

An editor has asked for a deletion review of User:The Ministry of Truth/Userboxes/No Darwinism. 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. — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 03:33, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

File:Ronald Markman Mukfa Gate.jpeg

Please restore this image as we now have an OTRS permission ticket for this image. Thanks in advance. ww2censor (talk) 10:37, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi Ww2censor. I've restored the file, and I can see there is permission for the photograph, but is there also permission for the sculpture depicted (i.e. has Ronald Markman also consented to the CC-BY-SA-4.0)? -FASTILY 23:38, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Quarry query

Hi. We talked at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DannyS712 bot 10 about you writing a query to track orphans with incoming links. Since that discussion was closed, I wanted to post here to make sure you hadn't forgotten. No time pressure, but I was just wondering if you had made any progress? Thanks so much, --DannyS712 (talk) 23:54, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi DannyS712. I haven't forgotten, it's still queued on my (very long) to-do list. Do you have an example of a SQL query you tried? It might take less time for me to help you debug it as opposed to me creating one from scratch. -FASTILY 08:52, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Scope of CSD U5

Hi Fastily. I was going through Category:Stale userspace drafts a few days ago and tagging inappropriate pages for speedy deletion. I noticed that two of the pages I tagged as G11s, User:InvisibleInkStudios/Hovercarracing and User:Grahmlyon.sabesoft/sandbox/SabeSoft, you deleted as U5s. Would you help me get a better understanding of the scope of the U5 criterion? These two pages don't cleanly fit into what is described in WP:NOTWEBHOST, in my opinion—they're clearly attempts at mainspace articles, albeit attempts that I considered to be promotional. Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 21:09, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi Lord Bolingbroke. These are both userspace spam. Since both accounts have virtually no other edits outside their userspace, I consider these U5-eligible as well. -FASTILY 21:33, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

I get the sense that U5 is something of a catch-all for inappropriate userspace content, not just the specific things listed in WP:NOTWEBHOST. Is that accurate? Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 21:47, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

No. Spam is part of NOTWEBHOST. The fifth bullet directs readers to WP:UPNOT, wherein "Promotional and advocacy material and links" is described as content inappropriate for user pages. -FASTILY 21:54, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

That makes sense. Thanks for clarifying. Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 21:59, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

I was confused initially because the wording of U5 ("writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals") seems extremely broad, but WP:NOTWEBHOST, which it links to, seems much narrower in scope. WP:UNOT makes the U5 criterion a lot more concrete to me. Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 22:11, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

No worries, glad I could help clarify things. Nice username by the way. -FASTILY 22:17, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Ha, thank you. I've had second thoughts about my username before—I hope that people take it as silly rather than pretentious :) Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 22:59, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

TfD deletions

Hi, it seems that you are deleting certain templates without closing their respective TfDs, e.g. Template:US Virgin Islands governor election, 2006. FWIW, I've found the XFDcloser to be a very convenient tool for closing and processing XfDs. Cheers, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:21, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

User:Whitney Phillips (Songwriter)

Looks like the person User:Whitney Phillips (Songwriter) recreated there user page with the speedy still there right after you deleted it! (on another note the page they created Whitney Phillips (songwriter) actually exists as a redirect on Whitney Phillips, I was unsure what to say about that one.) Wgolf (talk) 23:43, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

Nice!

I was going to ask to restore an abandoned deleted draft of mine, but then I saw the huge stop sign and table here on your talk page edit menu. Good job on that, and how do I make one of my own? Please tell me, that looks interesting. Woshiyiweizhongguoren (talk) 00:54, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Woshiyiweizhongguoren, You can create an editnotice for your talk page at Special:MyTalk/Editnotice. The code for Fastily's editnotice is here. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 01:02, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Question

Hey Fastily,

Have you ever thought of becoming an admin over on Commons again? It’s been a few years since you resigned. The community may consider giving you the bit again. I have no problem nominating you. -- 1989 (talk) 08:17, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi 1989. Thank you for the offer! I'm going to respectfully decline; I barely do any admin-related work on Commons nowadays and haven't participated in community forums/discussions for several years now. Thanks for thinking of me though :) -FASTILY 22:12, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

Imagine John Lennon record sleeve file

You deleted a photo of the original sleeve from 1975 in favor of a 1980s reissue. The original sleeve is referenced in the article and was handpicked by Lennon. Please revert. Hotcop2 (talk) 15:05, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Resource-light morphology

Hi, would you be able to restore Draft:Resource-light morphology? Thanks! – Uanfala (talk) 00:55, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Deletion of the page Atel (slang)

Hey Fastily, regards. I think it would be better if you would inform me in the talk page before deleting my article Atel (slang). Every article is a result of user's a little much of time and mind, clearly spending the brain. So deleting an article without notice really hurts. I think you better take back the article and propose for delition so that I can share my opinion with the community on the article, then the article delition will be wiki-democratic. It's a polite request from me, would you do this please? Love and regards again. 10:28, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

Erm, Fastily, this article was deleted after a PROD, and so as far as I'm aware it's expected that any request for undeletion should be granted. Is there any reason for not restoring the article? If it's just because of the instructions in the lengthy editnotice on your talk page, you know that not all newbies will be able to make sense of it. – Uanfala (talk) 01:01, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

thanks

for deletes JarrahTree 07:48, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Fixing broken redirect

Hi Fastily, you deleted a broken redirect that I'd made from Dose response curves. Just letting you know I'm fixing it now to redirect to Dose–response_relationship. Jamgoodman (talk) 09:55, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Miss saHHara profile.jpeg

Hello dear, this image is owned and made by Miss saHHara herself, she gave me the permission to use all the images you guys deleted on the wiki page. She took those pictures and published them on Flickr, which is on a public domain with a free to use licence. Now I am confused, can you please tell me what is the right setting for the copyright agreement on Flickr for images to be used? I though 'CC0' was free to use and it is published on a public domain:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/miss_sahhara/46787291334/in/dateposted-public/

Please I need your advice, because I must be doing something wrong. I dont want to keep violating your rules. I want to learn more on how to publish the right contents on here. I hope you can help me. Regards. This was the rules I followed when I published all those images: Wikipedia:Upload/Flickr Phoenixqueen 01:34, 4 April 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phoenixqueen (talk • contribs) Phoenixqueen 01:45, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi Phoenixqueen. Please follow the instructions at WP:DCP to submit your photo for publication on Wikipedia. Thanks, FASTILY 02:54, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

BAGBot: Your bot request FastilyBot 14

Someone has marked Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/FastilyBot 14 as needing your input. Please visit that page to reply to the requests. Thanks! AnomieBOT⚡ 21:50, 7 April 2019 (UTC) To opt out of these notifications, place {{bots|optout=operatorassistanceneeded}} anywhere on this page.

File:Golden Effects Pictures.png

Hi..please i don't understand the processes involve to make File:Golden Effects Pictures.png a free content...the error messages i have been receiving confuse me, trying over and over again worsen the situation..please help - talk) 02:36, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

U5 recreation

This is back. I seem to remember it being more U5/G11-y before but it's clear that they're just using the sandbox as a host because it's not going to pass through AFC. Many thanks, SITH (talk) 21:27, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Quarry query

Hi. I asked at User talk:Fastily/Archive 6#Quarry query, but didn't see your response - I can't find any examples I tried, but I also don't really know how sql works. Sorry, --DannyS712 (talk) 03:21, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

So I tried again - quarry:query/34887 gets the transclusions of a template (eventually this will be {{orphan}}) and quarry:query/34889 counts the links in mainspace to an article, but I don't know how to combine them so that I can count the links to the pages that transclude the template. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 01:24, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi DannyS712. I wrote quarry:query/34899 but it's probably doing something inefficient and eventually times out. quarry:query/34900 is approximately what you want, but there are duplicate values because it's the former query, minus the count + group by statements. Feel free to fork and fiddle around with them; that's all the time I can spend on these today. Regards, FASTILY 08:26, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

@Fastily: thanks. If I have any ideas for improvements, I'll try them out --DannyS712 (talk) 00:59, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

My page got deleted

Hi there, I have just created my company page on wikipedia, and surprisingly it's been removed because of guidelines violation, I have wrote nothing can violate the guidelines. would you please illustrate why the page got deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IKU Mobile (talk • contribs) 09:12, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Deleted page: Sheila Nortley

Hi,

You recently deleted my page for "Misuse of Wikipedia as a web host" but this was not the case, I was re-creating a page that was previously deleted due to copyrighted content and was putting the information into my own words. I had not finished the page, saved it, went away for half an hour and came back and it was deleted.

Please could you restore the page so that I can continue working on it again.

Thank you.

Hannahbanner89 (talk) 14:03, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi Hannahbanner89. Copyrighted content is forbidden on Wikipedia. Please refrain from reposting copyrighted content, or you may find yourself blocked from editing. -FASTILY 19:25, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Images were deleted without explaination, after pointing to the source of the public image

File:XboxAvatarColorizingHair.jpg File:XboxAvatarBrowsingStore.jpg File:XboxOriginalAvatar.jpg File:Xbox Avatars Changing Hair.png File:Xbox Avatars Store.png File:Xbox Avatars Take A Photo.png

These images all exist as promotional materials and are screenshots of the actual feature in use; they were all tagged accordingly. If external links were allowed, I would point to these images but they are not. PLease share the magic combination of how to share screenshots of publically available work, since following the instructions on the upload/media service pages doesn't seem to work.

Thanks. Randy No Arms (talk) 22:23, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi Randyrants. See Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2019 April 3#Xbox avatar files. If you still disagree, try WP:DRV. -FASTILY 09:59, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

File:BSSOVD-band.jpg etc.

Hi - sorry, I hadn't noticed the OTRS hadn't gone through on these correctly. I did tell the copyright holder what to send to OTRS, but they clearly didn't do it correctly. Can you let me know what are missing (I can't see the ticket) so they can do it properly this time? Thanks. Black Kite (talk) 20:59, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi Black Kite. A person depicted in these photos sent an email to OTRS and did not provide a license statement. It is also unclear if the person depicted actually owns the copyright to the photos. If this was work-for-hire then documents/proof of that should be provided. Otherwise, the actual photographer/copyright holder needs to email OTRS with a license statement. Regards, FASTILY 21:25, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

Yeah, I thought so. It's actually the wife of one of the band that took the photos (as are pretty much all of the photos on their website, apart from the ones I took!), I'll ask her to send it again with the license statement. Black Kite (talk) 00:20, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi - after discussing it with them, I've deleted the images. I've got some perfectly good ones that can replace them anyway, although they won't be taken from the stage! Black Kite (talk) 17:39, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

File:Where i've been2.JPG

Why did you decline speedy deletion? It is a lower quality duplicate of File:Where i've been.JPG so it does meet WP:CSD#F1. Pkbwcgs (talk) 18:44, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi Pkbwcgs. File:Where i've been.JPG has a white border around it, therefore File:Where i've been2.JPG (which is missing that border) is not an exact, scaled-down duplicate -FASTILY 18:52, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you very much for deleting the page. lemon-Black (talk) 00:12, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

FastilyBot

On Village Pump- Technical, I reported a symptom and was asked to provide a screenshot, so I waited for the condition and posted the screenshot. FastilyBot has found it and I responded on the page, but there are still cases that FastilyBot can activate on. Can you please disable the bot for this case to suppress activation. The file was needed to provide evidence for VPT. --Ancheta Wis   (talk | contribs) 07:20, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi. Thank you for deleting my user space requested pages. :) I realized I kind of bombed the category with a huge number of requests as I was cleaning things out so handling so many of them is appreciated. :) --LauraHale (talk) 11:21, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi LauraHale, no problem! -FASTILY 08:21, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Subpages

Hey F, I saw you were the deleting admin. on Portal:Portal. That portal had a bunch of subpages as well; can you take care of them or do I have to tag each subpage with CSD G8 myself instead? Thanks! UnitedStatesian (talk) 04:44, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi UnitedStatesian. I've deleted the subpages. Best, FASTILY 08:21, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

File:Jim Murray.jpg

Hey, why is this file not copied to commons? any reason? thx --Michael (talk) 07:48, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Deprodding of File:SenatorMatthewCarpenter.jpg

I have removed the {{proposed deletion/dated files}} tag from File:SenatorMatthewCarpenter.jpg, which you proposed for deletion. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still think this file should be deleted, please do not add {{proposed deletion}} back to the file. Instead, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Thanks! 84.46.52.26 (talk) 04:18, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

Your BRFA

Hello, your recent BRFA (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/FastilyBot 14) has been approved. Best regards, — xaosflux ^Talk 01:43, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Template:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1923

Hi Fastily. Is there any reason Template:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1923 wasn't deleted as a result of the TfD? It seems to be the only "192x" template that wasn't deleted. Regards. DH85868993 (talk) 11:03, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi DH85868993. Someone listed Template:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1922 in the holding cell twice, forgetting to include Template:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1923. Thanks for letting me know. Regards, FASTILY 20:32, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

No worries. Regards. DH85868993 (talk) 20:58, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Recreating of Template:Varanasi–Rae Bareli–Lucknow line

I have recreated the Template:Varanasi–Rae Bareli–Lucknow line which youv'e deleted but this template is used on Varanasi–Rae Bareli–Lucknow line. Please do not add Proposed deletion tag back to the template. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. Thanks Feroze Ahmad 2 (talk) 14:09, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Why did you delete my page/article?

Why did you delete the article I created about Mike Peters the rugby player? Warriorwolfraven (talk) 16:16, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Warriorwolfraven. Please refrain from using your userspace as a personal biography/website. Thanks, FASTILY 23:15, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Deleted sandbox

Hi. I was wondering if you would consider restoring User:Ksuacillo/sandbox. You deleted it as a U5, but they were actually working on drafting content related to their plan to improve the food blogging article. Granted, there are some problems with what they were doing - there are some major "how to" problems with their draft - but that's something I will help them with. They might have been on the wrong track, but what they were doing was a legitimate attempt to draft an improvement to a Wikipedia article. (Double signing because I've probably posted here before with my personal account.) Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk)/User:Guettarda 15:01, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Ian. Thanks for letting me know. I've moved the page to Draft:Food blogging so as to avoid any future misunderstandings. Regards, FASTILY 23:15, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Page Deletion U5: Incorrect!

I'm new to Wikipedia and it prompted me to create a user page - which in the description says that it can contain " limited biographical information" - I have yet to contribute to any articles as I am NEW, so the only thing I added to my page was limited biographical information. I do not see how me stating who I am is a violation of using it as a webhost. please do not delete again.Artemis2020 (talk) 15:41, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Artemis2020. Please refrain from using your userspace for self-promotion. Thanks, FASTILY 23:15, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Lars-Emil Johansen photo deleted

Please explain to me why the photo I uploaded was deleted. Did you even read the copyright/fair use data I included?

The copyright notice accompanying the photo states "The Danish Parliament owns the copyright to portrait photographs of Members of the Danish Parliament. However, portrait photographs of Members of the Danish Parliament may be duplicated at any time provided that the source reference and photographer's name are stated. Photographic images may not, however, be changed or manipulated or used for independent, commercially exploitative purposes." [84]

I deliberately included that disclaimer with the upload. What therefore is the rationale for deletion of an image that is made available for exactly the purpose I used it for? Dónal O'Flynn (talk) 07:26, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Dónal O'Flynn. Freely licensed files with derivative/non-commercial restrictions are forbidden on Wikipedia. If you are the copyright holder, please follow the instructions at WP:DCP to get the file restored -FASTILY 07:34, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

The upload form clearly states that the uploader can make a case for fair use. I did so. The disclaimer from the copyright holder is pretty explicit that use of the image is permitted where the source is referenced and the photographer's name is stated. Both were. This is why I asked did you actually read the information I included. I'm pretty sure that a politician would be perfectly happy for his official photo to be used in conjunction with any autobiography of him. That is after all its very purpose.

As an admin (or whatever the correct title is), you have an obligation to ordinary users to actually take into account the fair use evidence they present. To do otherwise is both arrogant and off-putting to potentially great contributors. Please explain what the issue here is.

Dónal O'Flynn (talk) 07:53, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Template:Huron County, Ontario

Hi Fastily. As per the instructions at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion#Template:Huron County, Ontario, I am requesting you to reverse your delete decision of this template. The deletion rationale was that it was unused. I don't know why it was never done, but it should have been added to all the municipality articles of Huron County, as per the pattern of all other counties in Ontario. Please restore and I will use the template right away. Thanks. -- P 1 9 9  ✉ 15:26, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi P199. Since the nomination received no other comments/!votes and because this is a fairly non-controversial matter, WP:REFUND applies; I have restored the page accordingly. Courtesy ping for @Zackmann08 -FASTILY 23:15, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! -- P 1 9 9  ✉ 11:57, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

ArbCom 2019 special circular

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Why have I received this message? All administrators are receiving it. What prompted you to send this message? Recently, several Wikipedia admin accounts were compromised. The admin accounts were desysopped on an emergency basis. In the past, the Committee often resysopped admin accounts as a matter of course once the admin was back in control of their account. The committee has updated its guidelines. Admins may now be required to undergo a fresh Request for Adminship (RfA) after losing control of their account. What do I need to do? Only to follow the instructions in this message. Check that your password is unique (not reused across sites). Check that your password is strong (not simple or guessable). Enable Two-factor authentication (2FA), if you can, to create a second hurdle for attackers. How can I find out more about two-factor authentication (2FA)? You can find out more about 2FA at m:2FA.

This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:47, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Template:British Columbia provincial election, 1875/New Westminster

could you either (a) temporarily restore this template so that it can be substituted in the articles transcluding it, or (b) fix the places where it was being used so it doesn't show a big red link? thank you. Frietjes (talk) 14:16, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Frietjes. Thanks for letting me know, I've restored the page. Regards, FASTILY 20:18, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

thank you, I have merged the contents with attribution, so it can now be safely deleted. Frietjes (talk) 12:52, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)

ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Page deletion U5

I'm new to Wikipedia and it prompted me to create a user page - which in the description says that it can contain " limited biographical information" - I have yet to contribute to any articles as I am NEW, so the only thing I added to my page was limited biographical information. I do not see how me stating who I am is a violation of using it as a webhost. please do not delete again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BetheXC (talk • contribs)

Hi BetheXC. Please refrain from using your userspace for self-promotion, or you may find yourself blocked from editing. Thanks, FASTILY 20:23, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) BetheXC You kept re-adding extensive details of your entertainment career. That is not "limited biographical information" as Wikipedia's userpage guidelines state.

Wikipedia is not a social media site where you can write extensively about yourself. Please read Wikipedia is not about YOU and then decide if you want to continue contributing here. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 21:41, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

Question about deleted template?

I noticed you speedy-deleted Template:A-Class-GA, a template I nominated at TfD. I have a bit of procedural curiosity as a non-admin myself: was that deleted under a specific CSD or was that more of an IAR type of deletion? Looking over the CSD, I suppose G8 fits, but "procedural templates used by inactive WikiProjects" is not on the list of examples; also, interpreting the CSD strictly (and my general impression has been that strict interpretation is better, though it may not always be pragmatic, hence IAR), I don't think an inactive Wikiproject is not a "non-existent or deleted page" (though the "or" part gives me pause; why would both "non-existent" and "deleted" be included in the criteria if they meant the same thing? I'll have to read through the CSD archives to understand that... 00:30, 7 May 2019 (UTC) note: it appears "or deleted" was added in this edit to clarify that non-existent doesn't necessarily mean "never existent".)

I'm certainly not complaining that the template was deleted, though.

Also, I found the whitespace under your edit notice a bit annoying, but I guess it's intentional? It makes it somewhat difficult to preview edits. (please ping on reply) e^πi (talk | contribs) 23:17, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi E to the Pi times i. There were no CSD criteria involved; I deleted this template per Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 April 20#Template:A-Class-GA. Regards, FASTILY 23:24, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

It is true I had a rationale there. But I don't think a discussion with only one participant qualifies as rough consensus, which the TfD closing instructions require; I think multiple people's agreement is required for a consensus by definition. e^πi (talk | contribs) 00:30, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

With all due respect, that is incorrect. Please refer to WP:NOQUORUM/WP:SOFTDELETE. tl;dr pages deleted in the same manner as Template:A-Class-GA are considered PROD'd and therefore eligible for WP:REFUND -FASTILY 00:48, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Ah, I see. I guess I haven't read the deletion policy carefully enough.

But there is also the matter of The closer should make it clear the deletion is a soft delete as part of the close, ideally with a link to this guideline. If WP:SOFTDELETE had been linked in the log action, it would have been clarified earlier. e^πi (talk | contribs) 01:02, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Deletion review for File:XboxAvatarColorizingHair.jpg

Randyrants has asked for a deletion review of File:XboxAvatarColorizingHair.jpg. 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. —Cryptic 03:21, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

You Deleted the article by mistake

The article of the name Faizullah Arain previous got deleted because it redirects from the previous same page thats why the new similar article cant be moved. So it was necessary to delete the duplicate or redirect , After the deletion of the redirected page. I improved the original draft and moved it to the mainspace without any redirects as its ready for the mainspace . I request you to take a look and undelete it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidvoki (talk • contribs) 15:37, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

Category:Historically segregated African-American schools in Louisiana

Re: Category:Historically segregated African-American schools in Louisiana and Category:Historically segregated African-American schools in Texas I don't quite understand why the cats were deleted (other than them being depopulated) since Category:Historically segregated African-American schools in the United States still exists, and there's no indication that the category is depreciated or is being removed. I looked at the archives of Wikipedia:CFD but couldn't find anything. WhisperToMe (talk) 13:13, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

@Rhadow: Since the cats were changed here (something I realized when I found two states' cats were deleted) but I don't remember why they were depopulated while the main USA one was kept. Now the USA category is overpopulated... WhisperToMe (talk) 15:12, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi WhisperToMe. With all due respect, your commentary suggests you are unfamiliar with WP:CSD#C1, so please take a moment to familiarize yourself. tl;dr C1 deletions are non-controversial, so you don't need to ask me for permission to restore/recreate -FASTILY 00:16, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Restore redirect Southern Hudson Bay Taiga

You have deleted the redirect at Southern Hudson Bay Taiga because it was pointing to an article that I have draftified. The target Southern Hudson Bay taiga has since been recreated and the histories merged by JJMC89, so you should now restore the deleted redirect. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 14:56, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

I've restored it. — JJMC89 (T·C) 23:20, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

File:Nanga Punga Dost.jpg

Hii, This file meets F7 becuase the cover art isn't official at all , it's from third party lyrics website: www.lyricsmint.com/2014/11/nanga-punga-dost-pk.html. Same case as Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion/2019_May_21#File:Thodi_Der_(cover).jpg. - CptViraj (Talk) 03:38, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi CptViraj. With all due respect, that is incorrect. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with WP:CSD#F7. Moving forward, your choices are WP:CSD#G3 (as a hoax) or WP:FFD -FASTILY 05:50, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

@Fastily: Oops! Got it, Thanks😅 - CptViraj (Talk) 06:08, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

File:Alan Feinstein.jpg

According to WP:PROD, in order to be eligible for proposed deletion, "it is not, nor has ever been, discussed at AfD/FfD". Wikiacc (¶) 13:30, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

Dear Fastily

Why User:Frank marine who you warn him about File source problem are always violate rule and not be block by Administrater and he always create a new page in Wikipedia with unreliable source and he copy and translate from thai language. Why he still create a new page everyday. I propose to block him. Thank Ministerboy (talk) 00:03, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

File:Colours of PETA.png

Fastily, the file File:Colours of PETA.png is unsourced. It can be considered as an original search, and therefore deleted.--Jeromi Mikhael (talk) 01:02, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Jeromi Mikhael. File:Colours of PETA.png is claimed as own work, so yes, it does have a source. Also, if it is incorrect and/or WP:OR, why are you citing it was a source for File:Flag of PETA (Pembela Tanah Air).svg? -FASTILY 01:07, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Wrong-license repeat tagging

Hello, FastilyBot has added the "Wrong-license" template three times to File:Street box - Stormtrooper with a remembrance poppy - stencil (2016).jpg. I've already removed that template each time, as it does not properly apply because there are multiple layers of copyright / multiple licenses and non-free-use rationale.

How do I stop the bot from continuing to tag the file? Thank you.

Infoman99 (talk) 20:47, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Infoman99. I've fixed the attribution details for this file. For scenarios like this, please use {{Photo of art}}. -FASTILY 23:54, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

My Mistake

You just deleted Talk:Thomas Wright (lord mayor) while deleting Thomas Wright (lord mayor), which I had tagged as G8. This was a result of an erroneous move of the talk page to the main page. I should have left some sort of note to clarify. Could you please undelete Talk:Thomas Wright (lord mayor) but not Thomas Wright (lord mayor)? Thanks, StudiesWorld (talk) 23:28, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi StudiesWorld. I think I've fixed it. Let me know if this is not the case. Regards, FASTILY 23:54, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Yes, you have. Thanks, so much! StudiesWorld (talk) 00:00, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for restoring the pages I accidentally messed up. I will try to be more careful next time. Interstellarity (talk) 23:58, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

File:Rio Grande Valley Dorados Helmet 2019.png

Hi Fastily. Can you check whether this file is the same as File:Rio Grande Valley Dorados Helmet.png? This uploader continues to reupload non-free files which have been previously deleted by an administrator. At first, I thought the reuploading was just a good-faith mistake, but now I’m wondering if it’s more of a CIR issue since it keeps happening. There doesn’t seem to be any attempt at a DRV or I’ve only come across one attempt at discussion with the deleting admin. Even if this reupload is not exactly the same it still has the same issues as the one you deleted and probably still would be eligible for speedy per WP:G4. — Marchjuly (talk) 11:00, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. They are similar, but not the same image. For reference: [85], [86] -FASTILY 20:56, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for checking. I still think the file qualifies for G4 since it's basically the same as the one discussed (different helmet color and helmet image, but same copyrighted team logo) and the reason(s) the file was deleted were not addressed. It seems that is equivalent to an article being deleted for lack of notability, but then someone subsequently recreating basically the same article with some minor cosmetic changes, but still having the same problem of lack of notability. The issue with NFCC#3a is still the same regardless of whether the helmet is blue or gold; however, if you think G4 doesn't apply, then let me know and I will start another FFD discussion. Will the imgur link for the deleted file stay active for awhile so that I can reference it if another FFD discussion is needed or is it only temporary? Finally, I asked JJMC89 about some other different re-uploads of deleted files this editor made at User talk:JJMC89#File:Atlantic City Blackjacks Helmet.png, but he's out of town at the moment. Perhaps you could take a look at those as well? -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:24, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

Since the two files are not exactly identical, I think FfD is a more appropriate venue. Sure, I'll leave the Imgur link in place. -FASTILY 21:55, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

I've started a discussion at FFD per your advice. Thank you for also posting on JJMC89's user talk and the uploader's user talk. Perhaps things will get resolved without there being a need for anyone to end up being blocked. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:36, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

Block message of User:The Guy From Your Local Walmart

Hello, Fastily. Could you please adjust the block message of User:The Guy From Your Local Walmart, which was recently highlighed as inappropriate in arbitration case about conduct of Enigmaman? —⁠andrybak (talk) 07:25, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thanks for all the help with G13! :)

Snowycats (talk) 17:43, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Odd G11 from 2015

Maybe you've seen this before, but User:50 D Borntalented came up in a search I was running. Apparently it's been tagged for G11 since 2015 using the {{speedy deletion-advertising}} template applied with the Page Curation tool. While I agree that it is/was a G11, I'm curious: do you know why it doesn't seem to show up in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as spam? Bakazaka (talk) 03:39, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) I've touched it, so its gone now. I see similar things with {{db-r2}} when it is added with a script like User:Evad37/MoveToDraft but not Twinkle. I'm not sure what the causes it though. — JJMC89 (T·C) 06:45, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Ontsouthwaterloo.PNG

Hi Fastily - I note that you proposed deletion of File:Ontsouthwaterloo.PNG, but you didn't notify me - I am its original uploader. The file is still on my watchlist, which is how I found out. That said, I think the image can go - I can't remember why I created it, and it's not being used now. PKT(alk) 11:00, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

Deletion issue

Hey, thanks for helping with the deleting, but there seems to be a problem. Twinkle is tagging the /doc of the module to be deleted, but the actual request is for the module page itself to be deleted. Could you delete those as well? --Gonnym (talk) 21:21, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi Gonnym. Could you please link the page(s) in question? Thanks, FASTILY 01:39, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

User:Sumiteg/sandbox

Hi, I hope you are doing well.

I just found that my Sandbox was deleted. And there was a nomination for speedy deletion.

Can you please tell me how I should begin with the creation of an article that has been previously deleted/rejected by administrators or Wikipedia moderators?

What tag I should use while I am creating an article and what links I should use?

Hope to hear soon from you.

Hi Sumiteg. Please refrain from using your userspace for self-promotion, or you may find yourself blocked from editing. Thanks, FASTILY 07:56, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks

La Jolla Shores photography

On behalf of the San Diego Wikimedians User Group I would like to say thanks for the photographs that were uploaded of La Jolla Shores. Photography uploaded to Wikimedia Commons may be used in the future to improve content about notable subjects in San Diego County. Thus we say thank you for your efforts, by awarding these virtual salt and pepper chicken wings; if time allows we hope you have a non-virtual one in the future. RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 21:57, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Conrad N. Hilton Library

Hi - this was nominated for deletion at 3:14 a.m. and was deleted at 3:24 a.m., a mere 10 minutes later? And all while I was asleep? It's clear to any reader who examines what I edit and when that I'm on Eastern Time. Please restore this at once. ɱ (talk) 14:07, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Do you not care? You're editing today... ɱ (talk) 18:18, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

I probably would if you asked politely. This is a volunteer website and I'm not being paid to be your punching bag. Please ask another administrator or use WP:REFUND. Regards, FASTILY 22:42, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

I first let you know with completely reasonable irritation. I don't think you should be allowed to delete so early after a CSD is created. Instead of ignoring me, I would think you'd fix your mistake. ɱ (talk) 02:58, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Deletion of BognaH/sandbox

Hi Fastily, a page I started writing was deleted under U5: Misuse of Wikipedia as a web host. I would like to resubmit the page after adding a lot more relevant verifiable external sources, according to the suggestions I found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations#Why_doesn't_Wikipedia_have_an_article_on_my_organization? . I also made sure the article is written in a neutral style. How should I proceed - should I now resubmit and ask you for reviewing it? Thank you in advance for all advice! BognaH (talk) 11:41, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi BognaH. Please refrain from using your userspace for self-promotion, or you may find yourself blocked from editing. Regards, FASTILY 19:58, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

User:CptViraj

@Fastily: Hii, can you please grant me Autopatrolled rights? -- CptViraj (Talk) 15:08, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi CptViraj. I don't normally do user right assignments, so I'm probably not the best person to ask. May I suggest using Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Autopatrolled? Regards, FASTILY 19:58, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Ok, Thanks! -- CptViraj (Talk) 00:34, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Image

Hi! Thanks for deleting that Internet Download Manager image, I really wanted it to be deleted for personal reasons. I have also tagged another file to be deleted and please note that the screenshot of the software's version which is in use is originally uploaded by me. Please delete this: File:The_KMPlayer_screenshot.png. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.237.221.123 (talk) 20:08, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Deletion of page

Hi there, you have deleted a page that I created for my chairman, who we think should have a wikipedia page. there is no content that is breaching any of wikipedia's rules. the page is about our his profile and all the work that he is doing with his foundation

kindly do reinstate the page

regards, Nadir — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nadirmuthu (talk • contribs) 03:39, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion under U5: Using wikipedia as a web host

Hi Fastily, You have reviewed and speedy-deleted the sandbox User:Bapatsanskar/sandbox mentioning U5 as the driteria. I agree that it did not fully follow ideal criteria for wiki-referencing. I want to tone-down the article and re-submit for review. Requesting to restore it. Bapatsanskar (talk) 05:02, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

It looks like a lot of it was a copyright violation as it was lifted from [87]. I recommend starting from scratch. Killiondude (talk) 06:37, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Actually [88] is referenced from the official website of the organization, [89] I requested to get the original draft back as it takes a lot of time for making new references and citations. Bapatsanskar (talk) 14:18, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

We do not re-instate copyright violations. Killiondude (talk) 00:07, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

I maintain that it is not a copyright violation. This is a social organization, and their own website [90] has the content that I have included in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bapatsanskar (talk • contribs) 06:46, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Hi Bapatsanskar. For Wikipedia's purposes, content found on an external website is going to be assumed to be protected by copyright (even if it doesn't explicitly say so), unless it clearly states so otherwise. This is because Wikipedia can only accept content which has been confirmed to have been licensed as explained in Wikipedia:Copyrights. Even in cases where it can be verified that content on a website has been freely licensed in a way that Wikipedia can accept, it's generally not a good idea try and directly copy-and paste such content onto a Wikipedia page as explained in Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources. This is because content found on third-party websites tends to be written in a rather promotional tone and not the neutral manner Wikipedia requires. Bascially, editors are expected to summarize content they find in reliable sources in their own words, and then support the content with a citation to the source. They're not supposed to plagerize or closely paraphrase content they find in reliable sources. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:01, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

European International University

Dear Fastily,

May i know why this page was deleted as I followed all guidelines and the format of the article was also based on the articles of other university was already published. I also provided enough sources to support the article. Please advise which part of the articles is violating Wikipedia rule. Thank you 119.110.199.226 (talk) 09:30, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Invitation for a Edit a thon near Comic-Con International 2019

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Maria Vilella/sandbox

Hi! I'm trying to contribute to an article for Wikipedia. This is my first time and I'm not sure why the Sandbox was deleted. I thought the Sandbox was a place to study the platform before submitting for review. I would like to understand the reason it was removed. Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maria Vilella (talk • contribs) 02:29, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Sorry...

... for all the work deleting redirects. For some reason these Indian editors just won't create acceptable articles or fix the drafts. Is is worth asking for create protection? --AussieLegend (✉) 06:39, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Less than 3 hrs after you deleted the redirect, Arundhathi (TV series) and Tamil Selvi (TV series) were recreated again by Swakutty. --AussieLegend (✉) 12:06, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi AussieLegend. If they do it again, let me know and I'll block them. Alternatively, you may report them to WP:AIV -FASTILY 22:41, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Sandbox page deleted - reason U5 - no explaination

I started my first article in the sandbox yesterday -- User:Barrypreusz/sandbox. The article is about an online retailer that is listed on the Inc. 5000 for 4 consecutive years. The article is still in the draft stage and has not been submitted. It is still a work in progress. I went to the sandbox today to continue editing only to find that it has been deleted. While attempting to discover the problem, it appears that one link leads to another link, which leads to another link and so on, leading to just more confusion about what I need to change to make the article acceptable. My questions are as follows:

1. If the sandbox is not a "safe area" to compose an article, where do I need to go to compose a draft that is not subject to deletion by an editor? Below is the button I clicked on to get started.

"Sandbox

       Ready to try editing? You can experiment in your own sandbox to get a feel for editing Wikipedia. This is a great place to start without affecting live articles."
     
      Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:New_user_landing_page&page=Vitality+Medical

I have a screenshot of where I saved the draft in the sandbox which clearly indicates that it is a "testing spot for page development". Unfortunately, your system will not allow me to upload the image to this post, indicating that the image is "not constructive".

2. Is there a single page that describes in detail the rules of acceptable Wikipedia composition so that I am not bouncing between more than a dozen pages to glean what are the acceptable standards?

3. Is there a model for an acceptable business description that meets Wikipedia standards that you can recommend? I have already reviewed several and do not see any difference other than the sources for citation. The written content I drafted was all unique content checked for plagiarism with Grammarly.

4. How do I retrieve my work so that I can edit it?

Thank you for your help.

Barrypreusz (talk) 18:40, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi Barrypreusz. Please refrain from using your userspace for self-promotion, or you may find yourself blocked from editing. Thanks, FASTILY 22:41, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

SALT for Ziggy 2milli

Please SALT Talk:Justin Klosky and Talk:Easton Schirra as Ziggy 2milli isn't ending, yet. Chris Troutman (talk) 18:50, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Sandbox page deleted - reason U5

Hi Fastily, recently you deleted page User:Apolyr/sandbox with reason "U5: Misuse of Wikipedia as a web host".

Let me start by apologising for breaking one of the wikipedia rules - I am a novice user and, although I did read the rules (or, at least, many of them) and tried to comply with them, eventually something seems to have gone wrong.

To start with, please allow me to explain that I was experimenting within the sandbox. I believed that the sandbox was a private playground that did not need to abide by wikipedia rules. For that reason, the text that I uploaded was draft, without "polished edges" and with some references missing or suboptimal. I was not aware that this text was public and did not expect that I would be audited. I now understand that I was wrong about the sandbox.

Nevertheless, despite the draft text and the missing references, the primary reason for you rejecting my article was different: U5: Misuse of Wikipedia as a web host Despite I have read the related articles, I am still unsure what triggered the deletion and I would really appreciate if you could elaborate a bit on the offensive text. Was it a specific sentence or was it the overall context? I hope that with your help and feedback I will be able to resolve the offending issues (at the end of the day I am not trying to misuse Wikipedia as a web host, I am just trying to write a useful article).

Thank you in advance for your help. -- Apolyr (talk) 14:19, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi Apolyr. Please refrain from using your userspace for self-promotion, or you may find yourself blocked from editing. Thanks, FASTILY 22:41, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi FASTILY, your one-line response left me more confused than I was before. I understand that you suggest that I should publish the article on public wikipedia space rather than using my personal sandbox, is that correct? Apolyr (talk) 08:18, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

The user Pharaoh2Tone

Might want to check his talk page as he posted it there also, as well as a sandbox-User:Pharaoh2Tone/sandbox. Wgolf (talk) 03:35, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Talk:Statewide opinion polling for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Thank you for restoring the article. Could you restore the talk page too? Cheers. Onetwothreeip (talk) 01:21, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletions

I've been editing for a decade and have just warned you about speedily deleting my drafts in the middle of the night, before I can even ever see the tag. You clearly did this again with no regard for my interests, again knowing or not caring that I would be completely asleep. I know I'll go to REFUND but you just cannot keep doing this. You have to stop and think. 13:01, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

(by talk reader) @Ɱ: Please sign your comment. Chris Troutman (talk) 13:03, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Great I know how signing works. I did five tildes on accident. No need to point it out for me. ɱ (talk) 13:06, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

In this particular case, it was months of hard work. You and CptViraj are bound to be deleting tons of high-quality stuff just because the draft was left a little long. I think that's the extreme "unexplained content removal". ɱ (talk) 13:06, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for deleting a brief text-only user page. Wikipedia has one less contributor and donor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmgomez (talk • contribs) 00:02, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of my draft article (School of Arts and Science, Uyo)

Hello Fastily, could you please explain why my draft article that's an informational article about my high school was deleted? Thanks. Emman369 (talk) 01:12, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Follow up - Deletion of my draft article on School of Arts and Science, Uyo

Hello Fastily, could you please take a look at the published article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Waddell_Training_Institution and let me know how that differs from my draft article you deleted? I literally followed the content format, style, syntax and semantics of Hope Waddell informational article when I created my draft article mainly because both high schools are in the same geographic region and most members of my high school (School of Arts and Science, Uyo) alumni are also members of Hope Waddell alumni being that Hope Waddell offered Junior Secondary School program/courses that prepared students for transfer (upon graduation) to Senior Secondary School program/courses offered at School of Arts and Science, Uyo. This is why I'm very confused as to the justification for deleting my draft article. Your help in recovering that article you deleted will be much appreciated. Thank you. Emman369 (talk) 17:47, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi Emman369. Please refer to John from Idegon's reply to you. Thanks, FASTILY 01:31, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

Deletion of ARTstreet article

I had found out that my Wikipedia pgae ARTstreet has been deleted without any notice or even a reason given. No message or anything. It was never a draft either, and if it was changed into a draft, I was not notified of it. I would like to know if there is a reasoning behind this? Hard work was put into that article, so there needs to be a reasonable explanation. Thank you.MemeTrooper (talk) 16:04, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi MemeTrooper. This page hasn't been deleted: Draft:ARTstreet -FASTILY 00:59, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Concession is enough?

How about this response in the unblock discussion? In fact, from my limited reading, it seems that one of the issues was the editor restoring an image that had previously been removed per a WP:FFD. Is today's statement enough or should this be worded as a specific promise for the future? Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 17:02, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi EdJohnston. I would prefer to see this worded as a specific promise for the future. In other words, if the user repeats this same behavior, they should understand that they may be immediately re-blocked. Regards, FASTILY 00:57, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Now the user has made this further agreement. Is this enough reason to unblock? The usual practice says that the conditions in WP:ER/UC are enforceable by any administrator and that blocks can be used if they are not followed. If you favor a more detailed restriction, why not propose it on the user's talk. Per the rules of WP:ER/UC, unblock conditions must be linked in the unblock summary with a permalink or diff. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 12:00, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Works for me. If you are satisfied as well, then please feel free to unblock at your convenience. Regards, FASTILY 21:20, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

F3 - Image deletion related question

Hi Fastily, The picture (Meccano Project Moon Buggy.jpg) I uploaded for use in my post has been deleted. The creator of the SVPACT newsletter who happens to be the creator of the image gave me permission to use it on SVPACT Wikipedia page. As a beginner, I am somewhat confused as to why one of my pictures was removed while another was not. Both pictures comprise no human beings or images that would be objectionable to others. Hope you can help me solve this problem. Thanks. (MonashGreen (talk) 05:25, 8 July 2019 (UTC))

(talk page watcher) Hi MonashGreen. The other file used in the article (File:Meccano Box Donated by Carol Ver3.jpg) was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons; so, it's not something which can really be deleted by a Wikipedia administrator like Fastily. If someone had concerns about that file's licensing, they would have to discuss them at Commons. Commons is really only concerned with whether the licensing of a file meets c:Commons:Licensing, not how it's being used on English Wikipedia or any other Wikipedia.

The file which was deleted, on the other hand, was uploaded to Wikipedia (not Commons) and files are usually deleted per WP:F3 because their licensing doesn't meet WP:COPY#Guidelines for images and other media files. Just from your post above, my guess is that the licensing you tried to use was too restrictive for Wikipedia's purposes; basically, Wikipedia will not accept any free license which states "non-commercial use only", "for Wikipedia use only", "non-derivative use only", etc. If you're not the copyright holder, then you're going to need to follow WP:COPYREQ and have the copyright holder email their WP:CONSENT to Wikimedia OTRS.

Just a general comment about the remaining file in School Volunteer Program ACT, even though it's licensing might be OK, there doesn't really seem to be any real encyclopedic context for using that image in the article. None of the content about Carol Dearling donating the first Meccano is supported by a citation and trying to use an as sort of a "quasi citation" is not really a good idea (no way to verify the authenticity of the image); so, someone could remove that content from the article per WP:BURDEN or perhaps even WP:BLPSOURCES (if Dearling is still living). Even if citations to reliable sources can be found and added to that section, simply showing a photo of a plaque saying basically the same thing as the text might not really of much value. This is just my opinion and not something related to the licensing of the file. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:58, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Strange edit by FastilyBot

Hi Fastily, I just noted this edit where {{Orphan image}} was added to an image where the very same bot had already added this template one week before. Regards, AFBorchert (talk) 19:49, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi AFBorchert. I'm aware of this. FastilyBot gets its data from the toolforge replicas, which have been experiencing more replag than normal the past few weeks. When the WMF engineers fix this, the duplicates should go away. Regards, FASTILY 22:02, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi Fastily, thanks for the explanation. Regards, AFBorchert (talk) 05:10, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

Page deletion

Hello, I am contacting you because my page was deleted by you and I do not understand why. My page contained the same amount of information as the page 'Toscotec' which was not deleted and is an active page talking about a company in the same industry as the page I created. Thank you in advance for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paperdudes2019 (talk • contribs) 08:39, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi Paperdudes2019. Please refrain from using your userspace for self-promotion, or you may find yourself blocked from editing. Thanks, FASTILY 23:04, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries#Campaign logo images for withdrawn candidates

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries#Campaign logo images for withdrawn candidates. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:08, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi Fastily. Would you mind taking a look at this as well as User talk:LD1998#Non-free content use? The file in question is being removed because its use in that article doesn't meet WP:NFCCP; it's not being removed for any reasons other than that. I'm not sure if there's any way to work around that simply because all of the other files are PD files from Commons, but maybe you can think of one. The article is subject to discretionary sanctions which means my removing the file again (even though I believe I'd be correct in doing so) will likely be reverted by another possibly causing them to go over the one revert per day restriction. The bots who check non-free files, on the other hand, won't care about this at all and should remove the file (at least as long as it fails WP:NFCC#10c) when they make their next run unless they're being told not to. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:14, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. Unless I'm missing something, this appears to be a run-of-the-mill case. File:Ojeda 2020.png should go to FfD for failing WP:NFCC#3a/WP:NFCC#8. In the same article, File:Joe Sestak 2020 Logo.png and File:Jay Inslee 2020 presidential campaign logo.svg should also be deleted on Commons for exceeding the USA's COM:TOO. Regards, FASTILY 23:04, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

I think the Ojeda file is pretty run of the mill as well, but I'm not sure it needs a FFD since there's no rationale provided for the use that particular article. Usually, WP:NFCC#10c violations are just removed (lately mostly by JJMC89's JJMC89 bot) per WP:NFCCE or tagged with {{di-missing some article links}} when it doesn't seem like an obvious NFCCP violation. If someone then adds the missing rationale and then re-adds the file, then FFD may be needed per WP:JUSTONE. Most of the time editors adding files like this are unaware of WP:NFCCP or WP:FCT and just see all files as being equal and therefore should be equal to use; that appears to be the reason why the file keeps getting re-added here. I would've removed the file again myself, but the page is subject to ACDS; if you think, therefore, it's better to discuss at FFD, then that's fine. However, regardless of the FFD discussion, the file may continue to be re-added and I'm not sure how ACDS applies to removals of clear violations of the NFCC.

As for the Commons files, I agree for sure on one and have !voted as such. I saw the other as well, but wasn't so sure; so, I didn't nominate it for deletion. It might be a borderline case that's just close enough to squeak in given some of the other examples considered to be too simple per c:COM:TOO United States. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:43, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

JJMC89 just removed File:Ojeda 2020.png from 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. If someone re-adds it I'll just send it to FfD. -FASTILY 04:05, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

I saw that JJMC89 removed the file. FWIW, when I posted if you think, therefore, it's better to discuss at FFD, then that's fine to mean that I think you should take the file to FFD; so, apologize if it seemed as if it was. Since there is a 1RR restriction on the article, FFD might actually be the best way to resolve this. Does WP:3RRNO also apply to articles where ACDS are in place? -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:21, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

No worries, I don't mind taking the file to FfD :) AFAIK reverting major policy violations/vandalism are exempt from ACDS 1RR. If you're unsure, it's best to start a discussion somewhere than to risk a block. Regards, FASTILY 01:03, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Woohoo

	Happy Adminship	from the Birthday Committee
	Wishing Fastily a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! -- Mjs1991 (talk) 06:10, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! :) -FASTILY 01:03, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Page deletion

@Fastily I have not gotten a reply to my last message sent to you. My page was deleted by you on Friday and I read through all the reasons that a post could qualify for a speedy deletion and I do not fall into any of these points. I would appraciate to get my publication back from you. Please tell me the steps I can take to have it back online. If you say that my page was used as a form of advertisment, I invite you to look at the wikipedia page of TOSCOTEC, a company in the same industry who has the same amount of information on their page and for some reason is able to stay online. Thank you in advance for your help.

Paperdudes2019 (talk) 09:16, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

#Page deletion..? -FASTILY 01:03, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

User:Garra15

User:Garra15 is evading blocks on Wikipedia and Commons, and continues to upload copyrighted images to both websites. SLBedit (talk) 21:49, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

Reports

Please come help out on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism for a little. 99.53.112.186 (talk) 21:40, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

File:Big Brother 21 House Photo.jpg

Can you inform me of why this file was still deleted despite the messages on the talk page of why it met the criteria? Thanks TheDoctorWho (talk) 03:25, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

Per WP:NFCC#8, non-free files may not be used when text can be used to convey the same meaning. -FASTILY 23:29, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

For the record the deletion reason on the file page says you deleted because of WP:F7 so which is it? If it was because of NFCC#8 then I disagree readers do not get full understanding without the image. TheDoctorWho (talk) 23:47, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

Well, I figured you'd say that, so I've restored the file for an FfD. Please make your case there. Regards, FASTILY 01:54, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for restoring. TheDoctorWho (talk) 02:05, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks

		The Admin's Barnstar
		Thanks for deleting all my U1 requests. I was amazed at how fast you responded to them, and now my subpages are a little less of a mess. Keep up the good mopping! Wug·a·po·des​ 00:48, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! :) -FASTILY 00:48, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

A bot cannot claim PROD for "no obvious use"

This is complete bullshit, a bot prodding using a justification for "no obvious use". What advanced AI heuristics is this software using to justify something as having no obvious use? The bot should be revoked from being allowed to use this justification to delete for ANY content.

-- DMahalko (talk) 17:39, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

How to get bot to skip images

Hey, wondering if there's a way to get FastilyBot to skip tagging a certain image as orphaned? File:AAAAAA Bullet.png is the example that comes to mind, but others exist. The linked one has {{notorphan}} on it, but the bot re-tagged it anyway. Is that intentional? ♠PMC♠ (talk) 18:56, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi Premeditated Chaos, thanks for bringing this to my attention. I was unaware {{Not orphan}} existed; it is an obscure template, with few transclusions. I'll add this to the bot's ignore list. You can also use {{Bots|deny=FastilyBot}} to keep the bot away. Regards, FASTILY 23:42, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

Honestly neither did I till I looked at that picture! Thanks for taking care of it quickly. Cheers! ♠PMC♠ (talk) 23:51, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

Not sure if this is related to the above but I did notice Fastily bot tagging File:Grepsr-logo-blue.png as an orphan image even though the file is being used in Draft:Grepsr. I'm not sure why that was done, and the file isn't licensed as non-free so WP:NFCC#9 isn't an issue. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:25, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. The tag was correctly applied. Draft:Grepsr was deleted at the time (and was only recently restored) of tagging. Assuming the draft remains live, the bot will untag the file within the week. Regards, FASTILY 01:01, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Understand. Thanks for clarifying. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:26, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

File:Guzman Iparraguirre 2004.jpg

Hi Fastily. What do you think about this file? It's an AP image which might mean it's subject to speedy per WP:F7. It's being used twice: once for apparently primary identification purposes in Elena Iparraguirre and once in Abimael Guzmán#Trials and imprisonment. The first non-free use might be OK since Iparraguirre is likely locked away somewhere without any reasonable expectation of a free equivlent being found or created, except that it's an AP photo. The second non-free might just squeak by since there is a little bit about Guzmán and some others facing the media and giving a revolutionary salute, but this also seem sufficiently understood through text alone per WP:FREER. Does this qualify for {{db-f7}} or might it be better to discuss at FFD instead? -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:38, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. This is a clear F7 case imo. Even if it wasn't an AP image, it would run afoul of WP:NFCC#1 (for both uses) and WP:NFCC#8 (for use in Abimael Guzmán). Regards, FASTILY 02:58, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the input. I've tagged the file with {{db-f7}}. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:17, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Why was my userpage deleted?

Would like to have more information about how my user page describing what einguterplan means in German to English qualifies as a missuse? How am I supposed to start contributing if every single edit I try to make while I learn the wiki mode gets deleted? Please put back. Its super frustrating and am trying to not make mistakes.

Einguterplan (talk) 07:36, 25 July 2019 (UTC)Einguterplan

Deletion of user MichaelUlrichHensel

Dear friend, frankly I am puzzled by the speedy deletion. I have been user and contributor of Wikipedia for many years. All I have done is correct factual errors and update a page that contains information about me and that has been in existence for many years. In doing this I have followed the example of many other pages that exist on Wikipedia (i.e. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_van_Berkel, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Zaera-Polo, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farshid_Moussavi, etc.) There has been no explanation what was actually done wrong and I literally had no chance to respond or possibly correct any errors. I request the chance to fix any specified errors and for the page not to be deleted. This is in admiration of Wikipedia as a friendly space.MichaelUlrichHensel (talk) 17:35, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Jclisters

It has taken me a long time & consultations with many people/sources to write the article for Wikipedia entitled: Jclisters. And you have deleted it. Please, is there any chance of it being retrieved. Simply so that I can copy it. If I don't get to see this article again it will mean that months of meticulous work have been lost forever Terry Jclisters (talk) 13:21, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi Jclisters. Here's a temporary pastebin with your text: [91] -FASTILY 03:10, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

File:Croatia national football team crest.svg

Hi Fastily. Would you mind taking a look at this file? It was removed from the team article per an NFCR discussion, but it’s been occasionally re-added since then (most recently yesterday). The reasons given for it’s removal may be changed if a new consensus on this type of use is established, but the file will continue to be removed by bots as long as there’s no rationale for the use in the team file and a rationale cannot technically be valid for that use until a new consensus has been established; I was going to remove the file again myself, but wanted to see if there’s another way to work around this first. — Marchjuly (talk) 22:56, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. The use of {{Non-free reviewed}} on the file description page seems adequate to me. If editors don't read/follow instructions, then that's entirely on them. Regards, FASTILY 03:10, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2019 July 17#Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)

Were you supposed to delete just one image or both? If one, then I think you deleted the Spain cover art by mistake, didn't you? -- George Ho (talk) 22:56, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi George. Yes, I only meant to delete the Dutch version. Thanks for letting me know. Regards, FASTILY 03:10, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

You're welcome. And what about File talk:Leonard Cohen Hallelujah.jpg? George Ho (talk) 17:04, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Speedily deletion of User:Bobjtls and User:Bobjtls/sandbox

Hi Fastily. I am concerned about the process of removing my DRAFT page on Australian artist Yvonne Boag. I accept the page might not fit the Wikipedia guidelines in its current form, but the page, in my sandbox area, was a very early draft. I think the process needs to be more constructive rather than destructive. It would seem to me to be more encouraging to provide constructive feedback rather than the template "has been deleted" especially since the supposed 'contest' button was not visible at all. But maybe, Wikipedia does not want to be so engaging or constructive?

I think some of the comments to you above, support my view.

Anyway, I have asked to have my user credentials removed and will not attempt to contribute to Wikipedia in the future. This probably does not bother anyone.

Bobjtls (talk) 00:40, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of File:Retired Mic in dedication of Jack Buck.png

I could easily end this, but... where? I've never before seen an image deletion come up with absolutely no link to where the discussion is. I've no idea where to discuss it! I tried just going to the discussion page, but there's no discussion for this file. --The Silent Wind of Doom (talk) 17:44, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

@Silent Wind of Doom: it's a proposed deletion so... see WP:DEPROD. Killiondude (talk) 19:48, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Concerns about Advertising.

I contacted you since you were the one who deleted the user page of Blaise Bling. (And thank you for that.) Unfortunately he seems to be adding more promotion to his talk page and I don’t know how to approach it. James-the-Charizard (talk) 16:58, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi James-the-Charizard. I've scrubbed the spam revisions. Regards, FASTILY 19:57, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, Fastily. I wasn't sure how to approach it so I came here since you had deleted his userpage. James-the-Charizard (talk) 23:15, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

"no obvious use"

The bot marked for deletion a picture with the rationale "no obvious use" when in the English description it was reported, since the very first upload of the file, that it is representing an "hydrographic station in Venice, Italy, near Punta della Salute". It was used in the past as an illustrating image for the Italian article "it:Acqua alta, before being replaced by an higher resolution image. But how can a bot, unless moved by AI, understand "the use of a picture"? --Grigio60 (talk) 17:41, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

Next step?

Hello Fastily. I just came across this situation. They didn't go through the refund process but I don't know if this is a WP:IAR situation or not. Whatever you decide is fine by me. Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 20:01, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi MarnetteD. There are no restrictions on recreating drafts deleted via G13. OTOH, if it's evil, you should send it to WP:MfD. Regards, FASTILY 22:54, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply F. I was unclear on this and now I'm not :-) No matter how long I've edited there are new things to learn. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 23:01, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

Upcoming ANI

Hi Fastily,

In the coming days (and maybe even hours), I am intending to post something to ANI regarding a user's conduct. Before I do, I was hoping that I could please ask some advice of you as you have recently dealt with this editor regarding similar behaviour. I am not going to name the editor because a) I have reason to believe that he monitors my edit history and will respond to my posts on other editors' talk pages and b) he may try to bring up this discussion in the ANI and try claiming that I am canvassing admins. I fully expect that this will go to ANI because if I do not raise it, he will; he and I (under my old account) have a long history, and I feel that he abuses the ANI process by lobbying for admins to punish people for disagreeing with him. Every time we have a disagreement, he goes straight to ANI.

I would like to outline some of the arguments that I intend to make and get your opinion on whether these are things admins could take action over. I will not provide specific evidence because that is for ANI; rather, I am wondering if there are specific policies I can raise about the editor's behaviour. Some of these may be very hard to demonstrate because he is very good at talking his way out of trouble. If this is something that you cannot do because it might taint the ANI, then I understand entirely.

My first concern is about misrepresentation. When I raised a content dispute and the editor was given the chance to provide his perspective, he claimed that there was an existing consensus and that I was the lone voice of dissent. I was able to provide a diff that showed editors had supported me in a previous (albeit older) discussion, which he ignored. Thus, I feel that he has a habit of cherry-picking things when appealing to administrators.

My second concern relates to his edit history. Like most editors I know, he has a range of subjects that he is interested in and edits many pages within those subjects. However, his behaviour centres on a specific section of a specific page which is the only page he edits within that subject (though it is broadly related to other subjects he is interested in). He is free to edit what he chooses and when he chooses, but I feel that his actions are more about a personal agenda than actually acting in the interests of the article.

This is not the first time he has done this, and I have noticed that he often stays away from the article until I am trying to change something about it, in which case he shows up and opposes it. To be honest, it feels like a form of harrassment. I have a clear vision for what I think these articles can be and have worked well with other editors in implementing some of it. Many of the conventions of these articles are ones that I have developed. I am certainly not claiming ownership over these articles; I simply want to highlight that I am quite proud of what I have done with them and would like to show that I am invested in developing them. However, I feel that this editor is more interested in frustrating that rather than contributing to the article. As I said earlier, I think he abuses ANI to punish people who disagree with him, so deliberately opposing people in discussions seems a natural extension of that. Mclarenfan17 (talk) 04:59, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi Mclarenfan17. Based on your description, this does sound like harassment. But without specific diffs, I can't offer you any additional insights. If you like, you may email me. Regards, FASTILY 06:55, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi Fastily,

I think I'll stick with editing this page for now. I'm posting this from an IP address because I usually edit from a mobile and it's easier to search user contributions, copy and paste from my laptop than from my mobile. The user in question is Tvx1, who you recently blocked for harassment and misrepresentation. His subsequent responses are entirely consistent with how he has behaved for years. For a bit of context, here are some of the things that he has done:

• Digging up ANI archives that were over a year old
• Directly lobbying to admins to review ANI cases involving me
• Trying to get me blocked for edit-warring on a high-traffic page which he had no prior involvement with (so he had to be monitoring my contributions); the admin closed the report because the page was high-traffic and so could not justifiably be called edit-warring. Tvx1 was not happy with this and appealed directly to the admin to try and re-open the ANI report without going through the procedures (which another editor called him out on).
• Other, uninvolved editors have pointed out his behaviour as he clearly wants me blocked.

Now, in the most recent incident, Tvx1 made an edit to the article that I alluded to—the one where it is the only article within the subject that he edits. He justified the edit as being based on a consensus that was formed on the talk page, but at the time of his editing, the discussion had been inactive for two months. I went to DRN and raised this because I felt that, as the "consensus" had been formed two months prior with no clear action at the time, it had stagnated; at the very least, he should have revived the discussion on the talk page to see if there was still any interest. In the DRN, I pointed out the existence of a previous discussion and the editor who agreed with me at the time. Tvx1's reply claimed that "all but one" editor (me) supported his proposal. He made no mention of the previous discussion and did not acknowledge the editor who had agreed with me at the time, even after I pointed it out.

In the discussion under dispute, I have made what I think are some pretty important points that need to be taken into consideration. Now, I am totally willing to discuss this; if someone can persuade me that these issues are not issues or that there is an alternative, then I can work with them. But this response, where his attitude is "it's all in your head" and here where he simply dismisses the point is how he "discusses" things. He is very careful to stay within the bounds of Wikipedia policy (I recall once, years ago—I'm thinking some time around 2010—where he openly admitted to baiting people into edit wars when he disagreed with them so that he could refer them to ANI; I went looking, but cannot find it), but I do feel harassed by it. If I am putting forward a proposal for a change, I quite literally have to ask myself "how will Tvx1 respond to this?" and try to address that in the argument that I make which I think is pretty extreme. Mclarenfan17 (talk) 08:33, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

Sounds like you have a case. Tvx1 has a long history of disruptive/battleground behavior and many instances of blatant lying/trolling/misrepresenting policy/wikilawyering. I am troubled to see that they have turned around and engaged in the same behavior after being unblocked. I note that you have not specified a desired outcome at ANI, but at minimum I would suggest requesting an IBAN. Regards, FASTILY 22:32, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

"Sounds like you have a case."

Thanks for that. I'll head over to ANI some time in the next day or two. I have to think carefully about the next part because Tvx1 will come in claiming it's a bad faith accusation, that policy is on his side and try to claim this is me seeking petty revenge for "losing" a consensus discussion.

"I am troubled to see that they have turned around and engaged in the same behavior after being unblocked."

He never stopped. Every interaction with him goes like this and it has been that way for years. 2013 is the earliest instance that I remember, but it probably goes back to 2010. And he's gotten worse since then. I know of several editors who quit in frustration because of him (I am no angel in all of this; I simply refuse to give up and let him have his way to avoid a fight). Take a trip into the talk page of archives of WP:F1 and you'll see what I mean. He has good ideas, he knows the policies and he can find good solutions, but he refuses to acknowledge the merits of others' arguments. If I were to persuade you to change your mind on something, he would interpret that as you flip-flopping on the subject and paint you as unreliable.

"at minimum I would suggest requesting an IBAN"

I think that sounds like a good idea. It has been previously suggested by another editor (I think it's in one of the diffs), but I stupidly said no because I know what he can contribute when he's being productive. How, exactly, would an IBAN work? Mclarenfan17 (talk) 03:40, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

Please see WP:IBAN for details. It's up to you to specify the exact conditions of the interaction ban, which you should propose at ANI. Upon success, an edit restriction will be logged at Wikipedia:Editing restrictions. Regards, FASTILY 22:54, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

As predicted, he has already tried to take action, approaching another admin to try and portray me as giving untruth after untruth. It's his usual mix of "these are bad faith accusations when all I did is follow policy to the letter" and "it's just Mclarenfan17 trying to dodge responsibility" all while ignoring certain issues (like the way he has repeatedly referred me to ANI over nothing). Once again, he can only know about this if he is monitoring my contributions (and yes, I had to look at his contributions to know that but I was looking for other diffs to take to ANI). I know that admin is pretty active at ANI (as he has previously commented on ANI posts where Tvx1 has tried to get me blocked). I think he is setting something up so that when I do go to ANI he has already primed an admin, or is hoping the admin will take pre-emptive action to block me before I go to ANI. In short, this is more harrassing behaviour by Tvx1. Mclarenfan17 (talk) 01:17, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up, I have commented on EdJohnston's talk. Go ahead and start the ANI thread whenever you're ready. Regards, FASTILY 02:17, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

I have now posted the ANI.

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Mclarenfan17 (talk) 10:34, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Top Gun Jacket Taiwan Japan Flags

Hello Fastily.

You deleted the file "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Top_Gun_Jacket_Taiwan_Japan_Flags.png" due to "Violates non-free content criterion #1" ("No free equivalent. Non-free content is used only where no free equivalent is available, or could be created, that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose.")

Please specify the free equivalent you have found or that you believe could be created. Thank you.

There was a second reason stated by @JJMC89 in the deletion tag, "(free) prose is sufficient to describe the replacement". The file also fails WP:NFCC#8 in addition to WP:NFCC#1 -FASTILY 23:27, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for the explanation. In this case it is important for the reader to be aware of several factors regarding the "patch" in question in order to understand the significance of the change and its resulting controversy. In particular a) the large size and top-central location of the patch, b) the fact that we are not talking about multiple, unrelated patches but one single, large combined back patch (similar to a "blood chit") containing four flags, of which two have been changed, c) that the Japanese national flag has been replaced with a red triangle on a white background and the Taiwanese national flag has been replaced with a (rather difficult to describe) similar shape, and d) that these flags are displayed beneath the United States and United Nations flags. All of this detail is significant and necessary. There is currently no description of the patches in any detail, let alone the detail necessary to convey correct understanding. Personally, I don't see how this long and involved description is in any way superior to simply showing a comparative screenshot. You know what they say about a picture's worth. Anyway, having deleted the explanatory image, will you or JJMC89 be adding the replacement explanatory text or do you expect other editors to do so?

Addendum: additionally, please kindly share the source you have located for the free equivalent (necessary for violation of WP:NFCC#1) - just in case it turns out that free prose is not the optimal way to illustrate the controversy and a replacement image needs to be added. Thank you.

A cupcake for you!

Thanks for deleting all those user space pages; Appreciated! Promethean (talk) 14:05, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Happy to help :) -FASTILY 23:27, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Type theory with records

Hi, could you restore Draft:Type theory with records? Thanks! – Uanfala (talk) 15:14, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Do you absolutely always ignore requests following up on your deletions? – Uanfala (talk) 20:34, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Please kindly stay off my talk page. Thank you, FASTILY 23:27, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

I will if you want me to. But you know I wouldn't come here if one or another of your numerous deletions didn't occasinally end up on my watchlist. I appreciate that you have an editnotice on your talk page that redirects most people elsewhere, but I don't think it's reasonable for you to expect that dealing with the consequences of your admin actions should always be somebody else's job. You know there's a basic standard of accountability that admins are expected to follow. If you don't want people to come to you with queries, then you can simply avoid taking actions that can get queried. – Uanfala (talk) 00:54, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Nope, it has nothing to do with anything you just said. If you're going to make snide remarks every single time you want something, then don't expect me to help you. This is a volunteer website and I'm not being paid to be your punching bag. Please stop posting here. -FASTILY 01:25, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Alright, I might be wrong, but I've asked for more opinions at AN. Sorry for the drama. – Uanfala (talk) 12:12, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

FEICAasbl

Hello Fastily,

FEICA asbl is a non-for-profit organisation (like Cefic which has a page on Wikipedia) and don't understand the deletion. Can you please advise what I am doing wrong?

Many thanks!

Hi FEICAasbl. Please refrain from using your user space for advertising/self-promotion, or you may find yourself blocked from editing. Thanks, FASTILY 08:36, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello again Fastily. Sorry, I was not aware that I was advertising. I used 'Cefic' as an example (as we are a similar organisation and they are on wikipedia). I will try again and be very careful not to advertise in any way. Thanks for your help!

Southern California Wiknic & Bonfire invitation

270° panorama overlooking La Jolla Shores Beach as seen from the Martin Johnson House, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, during a late August sunset. Photo by Gregg M. Erickson

Meetup-San Diego-September 2K19

Who: All members of the public

What: Southern California Wiknic & Bonfire.

When: Sunday 1 September 2019, 2:00PM PDT / 1400 until 10:00PM PDT / 2200

Where: La Jolla Shores

Sponsor: San Diego Wikimedians User Group ( US-SAN )

Your host: RightCowLeftCoast (talk · contribs)

Please add your username to our attendees list so we know how many will be attending, and please add your intended potluck contribution to the list.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of Wikipedia:WikiProject San Diego at 18:27, 1 August 2019 (UTC). You can unsubscribe from future invitations to San Diego Wikimedians User Group events by removing your name from the WikiProject San Diego mass mailing list, and from the Southern California meet-up group by removing your name from the LA meet-ups mailing list.

File:Bobby Bostic.png

Can you please explain why you deleted File:Bobby Bostic.png? I had been advised that I had sufficient justification to upload the image under fair use as it is impossible to obtain a free image of the living individual as he is serving a life sentence and visitors to prisoners are legally not permitted to bring cameras or recording devices. Please see this discussion. Damien Linnane (talk) 03:52, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Damien Linnane. You used a deletion tag instead of the correct license tag, thereby making it appear you had self-requested deletion. I have restored the file and corrected the license tag. Regards, FASTILY 20:33, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

Hmm. I don't know how that happened. That tag seemed to appear on the image automatically and I was under the impressions I wasn't allowed to remove it myself. I guess I know now. Thanks for your help. Damien Linnane (talk) 23:44, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Hi Damien Linnane. For some reason you seem to have added {{di-replaceable fair use disputed}} to the file's page with this edit; that template is generally used when someone tags a file with {{rfu}} and you disagree. Maybe somebody questioned whether the file satisfied WP:FREER on another page and you thought adding the template would help explain why the file shouldn't be deleted? Anyway, you might be better off using the copyright license {{Non-free biog pic}} and the non-free use rationale {{Non-free use rationale biog}} since those generally are used for non-free files such as this. The file's size also seems a little too big per WP:NFCC#3; so, you probably should tag it with {{Non-free reduce}} or reduce it yourself. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:25, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your advice and explanation Marchjuly, that's very helpful. :) Damien Linnane (talk) 04:06, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

File:Geraldine F. "Geri" Thompson.jpg

The reason you provided in your deletion was not the reason the file was nominated. WP:NOTWEBHOST was mentioned in a !vote further down, but this is free content with an encyclopedic value. I was hoping you would reconsider your decision. Thank you! —Locke Cole • t • c 01:19, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Locke Cole. Indeed, however the closing admin is expected to take all arguments into account (which I have done). I believe my reading of consensus is correct, and I stand by it. You are welcome to use WP:DRV if you wish, however I expect the outcome will be the same. Regards, FASTILY 06:14, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Deletion of

Hello! I noticed that you deleted at the conclusion of this recent discussion. A comment in that discussion noted that the image had previously been kept in Venus following a 2016 discussion that concerned in large part WP:NFCC#8, the reason given for the most recent nom. Given that there was extensive discussion in 2016 and none the most recent time around, I was wondering why you judged that consensus had changed on the image? My view is that is has not, and so I would like to request that you restore the image, which has considerable historical significance. Thank you. A2soup (talk) 15:30, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

I'd also like to note that the nom's assertion in the most recent discussion that the image is not discussed in Venus is simply wrong. From the article right where the image was: In 1975, the Soviet Venera 9 and 10 landers transmitted the first images from the surface of Venus, which were in black and white. A2soup (talk) 15:44, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi A2soup. Given that this "recent" discussion occurred 8 months ago and that the nom has expressed a strong opinion to delete, I am uncomfortable taking any further administrative action. You are invited to use WP:DRV if you wish to pursue restoration. Regards, FASTILY 20:01, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

I don't see what is "strong" about the nom's opinion, but I understand and will pursue it further elsewhere. A2soup (talk) 03:53, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 July 30#Union Pearson Express s-line templates

I believe these templates had accompanying documentation pages that need deletion but I wasn't sure what what criteria they would fall under. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:31, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Liz, indeed they did. WP:CSD#G8 may be used for orphaned template docs. Thanks for letting me know. Regards, FASTILY 05:47, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Speaking of TfDs created by me on July 30... I had requested that the discussion at Template talk:GO Transit color be preserved in Module talk:Adjacent stations/GO Transit for archival purposes (TFD discussion). I would just like to clarify if my request was denied or simply missed/overlooked. Thanks. BLAIXX 10:39, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Brandon Scott

Hi. You just speedy deleted the above article where I'd rejected the deletion and the author put the tag back. Could you please double check? By my reading (could be wrong), an IP editor added a sentence and a reference and G7 doesn't apply. Thanks. --kingboyk (talk) 02:08, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Kingboyk. WP:CSD#G7 may be used on pages "provided that the only substantial content of the page was added by its author". I believe that is the case for the most recent iteration of Brandon Scott. If you still disagree I'll restore it for AfD. Regards, FASTILY 05:48, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

That's fine. No need to AfD. Thanks for taking another look. --kingboyk (talk) 06:06, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Jazz waltz article deletion and proposed redirect

I noticed you deleted the article Jazz waltz on 27 November 2018 due to an expired proposed deletion, according to the deletion logs. Wouldn't it have been better to redirect the article to the Jazz waltzes section of the main Waltz article? (I'm an IP address so I cannot create new articles, even just for a redirect.) 130.126.255.10 (talk) 11:37, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi, I don't have a strong opinion on the matter. Please make a request at Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects and categories if you would like a redirect. Regards, FASTILY 03:58, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

File:Brownlined Puffer Breeding Colour.jpg

Hello! I have noticed you have deleted File:Brownlined Puffer Breeding Colour.jpg and I would like an explanation why and how it could be possible to keep it on this site.I am sure the user who has originally uploaded this image was fine about reusing the image as long as it was credited and was not used commercially. Thankyou Onigiri8 (talk) 08:08, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Onigiri8. Media files with commercial-use restrictions are forbidden on Wikipedia. Please do not re-upload the file. Thanks, FASTILY 01:13, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

thanks...

for the housecleaning services! NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 02:46, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi NewsAndEventsGuy. Happy to help! :) -FASTILY 02:59, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

La compagni del cigno (television series)

That was the fastest deletion I've ever seen. :) --AussieLegend (✉) 16:01, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi AussieLegend, happy to help! :) -FASTILY 06:25, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

You've got mail!

Hello, Fastily. Please check your email; you've got mail!
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1989 (talk) 16:37, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi 1989, got it - will get back to you shortly. Best, FASTILY 06:25, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

File:Star Utsav logo.png

Hii can you please restore this file and delete File:Star Utsav.jpg? File:Star Utsav logo.png is the right logo but newcomer Mandeep Rumana replaced it with File:Star Utsav.jpg, which is technically not a logo. I've read User talk:Fastily/Editnotice but WP:REFUND is backlogged since 15 August 🤷. Thanks! -- CptViraj (📧) 12:45, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi CptViraj.  Done -FASTILY 07:59, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you -- CptViraj (📧) 10:57, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Deletion review for File:Venera9.png

An editor has asked for a deletion review of File:Venera9.png. 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. A2soup (talk) 07:56, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

Former ANI

Hi Fastily,

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a message on your talk page about an ANI that I was planning on submitting regarding the behaviour of Tvx1. I took your advice and posted said ANI, but unfortunately nothing came of it. The discussion simply dragged out and no admins took any action (I was, however, disappointed to note that a DRN volunteer openly admitted that he had not read my post, but saw fit to comment on the discussion regardless).

Everything was quiet for some time, but today I noticed that Tvx1 has revived the discussion in question, trying to gain support for a consensus. Once again, he has shown no interest in the article beyond obtaining this consensus, and I feel it is quite clear that a) he has a personal agenda here and b) he will not stop until he gets his way. It is somewhat ironic that he has previously told me words to the effect of "know when you're beat", but refuses to back down here.

To be honest, I'm exhausted trying to deal with this. I can cite multiple examples of "discussions" which are little more than editors chasing their tails for weeks until he wears them down and declares a consensus. While he has not done anything wrong here—he is always careful to toe the line—a further flare-up is inevitable. I have now tried going through DRN and ANI, and am quickly exhausting my options here. I do not believe that Tvx1 is acting in the interests of the articles, but I have very little confidence in any process like ANI given that he has talked his way out of trouble by acting meek and apologising. What more can I do? Mclarenfan17 (talk) 09:13, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

PS: if Tvx1 is reading this, he should know that this is intended to be private correspondance between myself and Fastily. The only way he can know about this is if he is monitoring my contributions, which he has no legitimate reason for doing. As such, I regard such behaviour as harrassment. Mclarenfan17 (talk) 09:15, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Mclarenfan17. If ANI and/or the community has failed to resolve this problem, then you can try arbitration. This is of course provided that genuine attempts to ameliorate the situation have failed. Your alternative is to voluntarily avoid Tvx1 and areas they edit in. However, if Tvx1 hounds your edits anyways, then arbitration with the pretext of harassment may be the option to consider. Regards, FASTILY 22:35, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, Fastily. I think it definitely fits the definition of hounding, though it only applies to a small handful of articles. Tvx1 only follows me into WRC articles; I'm active elsewhere (like Bond 25), but he does not bother following unless he's trying an ANI or 3RR report.

My attempts at amelioration have beem genuine, but I cannot speak for him. I proposed a TBAN as part of the ANI that would see him banned from editing WRC and rallying articles, and even suggested a reciprocal TBAN as a show of good faith; Tvx1's counter-offer was a TBAN on all Formula 1, Formula 2 and Formula 3 articles, which is grossly disproportionate and includes articles (namely F2 and F3) that he does not edit. The cynic in me suspects that this was deliberate, so that I would look like the unreasonable one by turning down his offer. But the truth is I have no idea why he proposed it, and that in itself is concerning because now I find myself second-guessing everything he says, which plays into his hands. Mclarenfan17 (talk) 00:25, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Tina Fey pic

That was a cropped version of a file someone else uploaded. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:19, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

And looking at it further, it says I uploaded the cropped version "for discussion only" - NINE YEARS AGO! So whatever the discussion was about is long since history, and you may delete the picture at your leisure. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:49, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Baseball Bugs. I've G7'd the file, thanks for letting me know. Regards, FASTILY 05:12, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

File:W-VHS.png

I've no problem with this being deleted; there's an otherwise identical but higher quality vectorised version at File:W-VHS.svg (which is why my upload is no longer in use).

All the best,

Ubcule (talk) 17:56, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Ubcule. I've G7'd the file, thanks for letting me know! Regards, FASTILY 03:44, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Jordan Hall (Stanford University)

Hi Fastily, thanks for your deletion at Jordan Hall (Stanford University). Your log entry lists the G7 criterion, but do you think it would be worth having the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jordan Hall (Stanford University) mentioned in the log as well? It may be more trouble than it's worth, but I just wanted to make sure you were aware of that concurrent discussion. Wug·a·po·des​ 03:35, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Wugapodes. I can certainly undelete + re-delete the page with a modified summary if you prefer. Although it's worth pointing out that I did not delete the page in response to the AfD. Regards, FASTILY 03:44, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

I think undelete and re-delete would be my preference. I created it from a redlink, and there are probably a few floating around still, so having the AFD in the log will help anyone following a redlink from recreating the page. You can mention that it was G7'd in response to the AfD if you don't want to make it seem like you were passing judgment on the AfD. Wug·a·po·des​ 03:53, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Fastily,

Thanks for the deletion my page Kalkine Draft:Kalkine on 11 November 2018. I just want to know how to create a new page after deletion as my account is also blocked. Kindly advise so that I can contribute in Wikipedia. Sawhneykunal —Preceding undated comment added 08:32, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Possible undisclosed paid editor

Hi Fastily, back in May, you deleted Draft:Grind (café chain), I presume because it was blanked by the author, who had disclosed himself as being a paid editor. The article had failed AfC. A few weeks later Grind (café) was created by a different editor directly in main space. That new editor is as of today apparently a WP:SPA. That second account was created in close vicinity to the original creation of that article. You can imagine what I'm getting at... Is is possible to compare the deleted article and the article in main space to see how similar they are? Thanks. _pseudonym Jake Brockman ^talk 19:24, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher)​ I restored Draft:Grind (café chain), User:Wiki22editor/sandbox, Draft:Grind & Co., Draft:Grind (café), and User:Kelan Jmes/sandbox and history merged them into the article and moved it to Draft:Grind (café). I've also blocked both editors. — JJMC89 (T·C) 21:33, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

File:Kukiz15logo.png

Hi Fastily. What's the best way to deal with this file since the same logo in a different format can be found on Commons as File:Logo Kukiz'15.svg? The different formats seems to mean that WP:F8 can't be used, but what about {{rfu}}. Another possibility would just be to replace the png file with the svg and let the former be deleted per WP:F5. I can't think of a reason to keep both files by converting the licensing of the png to PD and tagging it for a move to Commons, but maybe I'm missing something. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:37, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. I suggest going with the latter approach for simplicity. Alternatively, you can convert the png to PD-simple and send it to Ffd. Regards, FASTILY 19:39, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for taking a look at this. I think I'll just replace the png with the svg and see what happens. If something undos the edit, I'll bring it up for discussion at FFD. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:19, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

File:Croatia national football team 2018 badge.png

Hi Fastily. Would you mind taking a look at this file? It's pretty much the same as File:Croatia national football team crest.svg, but there is some difference in coloring and there's no shading. The other file was removed from the team article as explained on its file talk page, but not sure if the coloring difference is enough to make a difference when it comes to non-free use. If, however, this 2018 file is OK, it needs a non-free use rationale per WP:F6. I'm also not so sure about the source provided for the file since logos-download.com just appears to be hosting files, and is not the originator of any content. Such sites often don't really seem too concerned about the copyright status of the files uploaded to them and may be hosting copyright violations or derivative works which are indirectly copyright violations. Maybe that doesn't matter for non-free content, but it would be better to use an offical source for the file, wouldn't it? -- Marchjuly (talk) 15:32, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. From a purely technical perspective, these are different images. Personally, I'm disinclined to do anything about this situation, unless it somehow become problematic with respect to policy. An FfD discussion probably isn't required unless someone is proposing the svg version as a replacement for the png version. -FASTILY 03:18, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

OK. thanks for taking a look at this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:52, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

MUSH Images Permissions

Hi,

You notified me of a potential file permission problem associated with the images at File:MUSH Logo, white on black, padded.png and File:WB MUSH.jpg

The owner of these images declared consent via email in mid-August.

EncycloMEdia07 (talk) 20:47, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi EncycloMEdia07. Indeed, and that consent was found to be inadequate. An email response was sent, but we never received a reply. -FASTILY 22:57, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

File talk:Roosevelt's Warning - Water & Power Monopoly - America's Greatest Menace.png

I was thinking about adding {{G8-exempt}} to this file's talk page since there was quite a bit of discussion about the file's licensing and other things on the page. Do you think there's any point in keeping that talk page for record purposes? It also might be possible that the original content might be {{PD-US}} if it really was published before 1924 based upon User talk:Marchjuly#Question; I, however, couldn't verify this, and the uploader seems to have lots of other things on their mind at the moment and it was hard to get them to focus. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:56, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. It's up to you; I'll restore if you think it should be publicly visible. Regards, FASTILY 06:19, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

It might be helpful to do if there's a good chance that this photo actually could be PD. At the same time, however, the discussion seem to be breaking down a bit near the end with the uploader (perhaps because of stress caused by a variety of things) starting to imply that others were out to get him or trying to take advantage of their situation. Any continuation in that direction would not be constructive at all. FWIW, I was going to suggest that to the uploader that if they truly believe the file to be PD, that they should just reupload it to Commons instead. That, however, is probably something I can do that on their user talk page instead. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:29, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Update: No need to restore the talk page because the uploader (on their own) went ahead and uploaded to file to Commons under a PD license as File:Roosevelt's Warning - Water Power Monopoly America's Greatest Menace 1923 Public Ownership Vol 7 No 7.png. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:46, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	This is for your outstanding performance in Wikipedia as an administrator. I appreciate your selfless effort in serving Wikipedia. Your efforts are really grateful. Your quick troubleshooting abilities are a gift for Wikipedia. Thank you. PATH SLOPU 12:56, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! :) -FASTILY 23:31, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

Deletion review for File:Veronica - Vatican2.jpg

An editor has asked for a deletion review of File:Veronica - Vatican2.jpg. 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.

We spoke about this earlier this year Srleffler (talk) 18:09, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Deletion review for File:TheSuicideSquadLogo.png

An editor has asked for a deletion review of File:TheSuicideSquadLogo.png. 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. JOEBRO64 15:12, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi, and question

Were you aware that Chaky74 had actually blanked his sandbox, having apparently taken the warnings to heart, and Prax restored the content (and speedy tag)? I'm not sure what's being accomplished here; it was a sandbox, and even if there was COI and the company was NN we've historically been a little less quick to jump all over newbies and be so aggressively hostile in our actions towards them. I keep reading articles about how people attempt to edit Wikipedia and get driven off, and we all know for an absolute fact that the number of editors is declining, and I cannot help but think that we could step back a bit and assume newbies are here to try to help before we delete userspace sandboxes. KillerChihuahua 18:43, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi KillerChihuahua. With all due respect, I disagree that we should be attempting to retain coi editors (e.g. spammers) in any sort of capacity. I'm all for welcoming newbies, provided they are not being paid to edit -FASTILY 20:41, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Indeed, thank you. A legitimate view which I respect. I appreciate your civil and clear response. KillerChihuahua 20:53, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	For your fast actions on CSD logs. Cheers! Za-ari-masen (talk) 15:12, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Za-ari-masen! 😀 -FASTILY 22:55, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

My sandbox pages

Hi there,

I was wondering if you could shed some light into why my two sandbox pages were deleted whilst I was getting further sources to cite within them. Johnnyatfastertv (talk) 20:13, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi Johnnyatfastertv. Please refrain from using your userspace to promote your business/service. Continue, and you may be blocked from editing. -FASTILY 22:55, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Deletion reason for the page Vishnu Udayan

Hello

May I know why the page Vishnu Udayan was deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aashiqutop (talk • contribs) 16:54, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi Aashiqutop. It is still available: Draft:Vishnu Udayan; please be patient while your draft is being reviewed. -FASTILY 02:57, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Alright, how long would it take to get it reviewed? Kinda new to this, please help me out :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aashiqutop (talk • contribs) 04:53, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Quoted from big yellow box at the top of the page, "This may take 8 weeks or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 4,263 pending submissions waiting for review.". -FASTILY 07:02, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Phdalex/sandbox

Hi my page was deleted two times. Second time I tried to adapt it...however it was unfairly deleted again...although I provided other sources...just check this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_in_Quantitative_Finance and explain to me why this page is not promotional and mine was ??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phdalex (talk • contribs) 23:09, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi Phdalex. Please refrain from using your userspace to promote your business/service. Continue, and you may be blocked from editing. -FASTILY 07:02, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Duplicate file of File:Weathering with You Poster.jpg

Hi! I'm Jkg1997, please compare of this file: File:Tenki no ko.jpg is a exact scaled down duplicate of File:Weathering with You Poster.jpg. Please let me know to delete as CSDF1? Jkg1997 (talk) 17:02, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi Jkg1997. Is there a dispute over whether to use File:Weathering with You Poster.jpg or File:Tenki no ko.jpg in Weathering with You? -FASTILY 07:03, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Sandbox content

Hi Fastily. A while ago, I tagged User:Hasudi/sandbox for G11 and you subsequently deleted it as U5. There's content in it again, along with a spam link. It looks a bit like covert advertising... does it qualify for speedy again? --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 19:36, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi Drm310. Yes, it does, so I've re-deleted it. Regards, FASTILY 08:30, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Deleted userpage

Hi Fastily. You recently deleted the userpage of DigitalSachin. The name set off my Spidey-Sense and I recalled a protracted SPI spanning two and a half years: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Iamsachintomar. I can't see deleted contributions... any possibility that this user is a new sockpuppet? --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 22:17, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi Drm310. Aside from behavioral evidence, there's no way to verify if DigitalSachin is Iamsachintomar since checkuser data is only accessible for 90 days. This appears to be moot however, since DigitalSachin was blocked by another admin. -FASTILY 08:30, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. I was not aware that CU had a 90-day limit... I've learned something new. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:42, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Topic Ban Request: TakuyaMurata. Hasteur (talk) 18:34, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

Deleted userpage

Hi Fastily. You recently deleted the userpage of Alexandru Pompiliu Galmenu. This is a biography of a photographer not advertising. Can you tell me why did you deleted it? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexandru Pompiliu Galmeanu (talk • contribs) 08:40, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi Alexandru Pompiliu Galmeanu. Please refrain from using your userspace to promote your business/service. Continue, and you may be blocked from editing. -FASTILY 07:43, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

In Want of reason for deletion

Dear Fastily, Why did you deleted the page "Hawa Banke" ? Please explain me the specific reason. Is this the case of "Notability"? There is a page Baarish Lete Aana , which has only 33M+ views 491K+ & on YouTube. But the song "Hawa Banke" has 75 million+ views & 1.2 million+ likes on YouTube. Still it's page is deleted.But why? Thanks Md. Abdul Ahad Khan (talk) 08:44, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi Md. Abdul Ahad Khan. The page has not been deleted: Draft:Hawa Banke -FASTILY 21:26, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

But why it is in draft? Kindly explain.I hope that, your explanation will help me. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Md. Abdul Ahad Khan (talk • contribs) 16:54, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for deleting 2 of my G7 articles fast. Can Invite Only Cabo also be deleted? All text known from the history and all the massive edits come from me, so it is eligible. Doing this because I am in a dispute with another editor who claims his +70 bytes addition of a ref is a major contribution (where as mine are actually sizable aka "of considerable importance, size, or worth.") Regards, Jovanmilic97 (talk) 19:14, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

Deletion of user page A James Green U5 contested

A James Green (talk) 07:46, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi!

The instructions on dealing with speedy deletion say that I should have a button to contest the deletion on the deleted page (my user page), but I cannot see that. Therefore I am posting here.

I put up my user page with the details that it contained not for the purpose of hosting a web page, but because (after carefully reading many pages about COI) I believed that I need to demonstrate a) that I am an SME on a notable area (new ISO international standard Graph Query Language GL) worthy on an article, b) declare conflicts of interest (employer etc), c) demonstrate prior neutrality in that context and d) register formally the COI so that it is completely visible.

I wanted to do that to avoid a contest over the legitimacy of the page concerned when submitted for review.

How else would you like me to convey this information, if you think it is needed, and to whom? I had no desire to put this information up and the careful wording has now been lost, costing me a couple of hours of research, thought and writing.

Many thanks, genuinely seeking to collaborate and follow user guidelines, which I have read carefully.

Yrs,

Alastair

Hi A James Green. Thanks for clarifying, I've restored the page. -FASTILY 08:33, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Vincent Love

Hi Fastily, could you please delete Draft:Vincent Love G13. It was nominated by me days ago and I am not entirely sure why it hasn't been deleted already. Is it not showing up for you? Thanks as always, JMHamo (talk) 17:49, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi JMHamo. It wasn't showing up for me. If this happens again in the future, try making a null edit to the page. Regards, FASTILY 22:17, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Photo file uploaded

Hello there,

I just wanted to let you know that the photo file https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Medals_awarded_to_George_Limbrey_Sclater-Booth.jpg has been contested by one of your bots. I uploaded the photograph after receiving written and clear confirmation that the photograph could be used on a specific Wikipedia page from the source company. I’m happy to discuss the details of this, but I really do think there’s a case for including it, and I want to get the page I’ve made looking as good as it possibly can once it’s all finished, as it’s in regards to a fairly important military figure.

Hoping everything can be checked out and cleared up one way or another, I’m happy to assist and cooperate.

Best wishes,

Vexed_Cassidy Vexed Cassidy (talk) 01:59, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi Vexed Cassidy. I did not tag this file for deletion; the editor who applied the tag is JJMC89 -FASTILY 07:14, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Cookie!

MoonyTheDwarf has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

For a person named Fastily, you're quite the fast vandalism remover!

To spread the goodness of cookies, you can add {{subst:Cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cookie on the giver's talk page with {{subst:munch}}!

Thanks, MoonyTheDwarf! :) -FASTILY 22:06, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unused redundant templates has been nominated for discussion

Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unused redundant templates, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. --Trialpears (talk) 00:30, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Thank you

For deleting the mistaken category I created. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 12:28, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

TFD

When deleting pages listed at TFD, could you please use WP:XFDCloser (or other method) to close the discussion as well? Saves me time and effort to figure out who deleted it and if it was proper. Primefac (talk) 01:21, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

U5 userpage - 3rd time

Myaccount0782 has put U5 content on their userpage - again - which you've already twice deleted. Either they aren't getting the point or they don't care. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:32, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi Drm310. I see you've left them a warning. If they do it again, feel free to report them to AIV -FASTILY 22:17, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

They did, and I did. Now indef'd! --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:46, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Another repeat userpage offender

Mumarwaqas1 is reposting U5 content. You might also be interested in this: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mumarwaqas1. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:44, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi Drm310. Looks like Athaenara just blocked them. Regards, FASTILY 22:25, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

THANKS

For the housekeeping assistance! NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 12:32, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

File:Hrvatski-nogometni-savez.png

Hi Fastily. I previously mentioned another file (which has been deleted) similar to this at User talk:Fastily/Archive 6#File:Croatia national football team 2018 badge.png, but this is basically the same file as File:Croatia national football team crest.svg discussed at NFCR. Again, not sure how to work with this since the consensus at NFCR was that this shouldn't be used in the men's team article. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:16, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. I'd suggest starting an FfD for File:Hrvatski-nogometni-savez.png and reference the outcome of Wikipedia:Non-free content review/Archive 69#File:Croatia football federation.png. If the discussion results in delete, then future reincarnations of this image will be eligible for WP:CSD#G4. Regards, FASTILY 06:02, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

U5 - KKCG

Hi Fastily, my sandbox with "KKCG" title was deleted because of U5. I'd like to publish new (basic) version according the U5 rule, but there is a notice in my sandbox I should at first contact you to do it. Can I edit now my sandbox with the same title "KKCG" but the different content? Thanks, Marthy007 (talk) 11:52, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi Marthy007. Yes, but please bear in mind that Wikipedia may not be used for promotion of your business or service. Violation of this rule will lead to suspension of your editing privileges. -FASTILY 00:38, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

Template:Editnotices/Page/Wikipedia talk:Wikidata

Just a heads up that this page you recently deleted at TfD has since been recreated by JJMC89 bot II. PC78 (talk) 22:11, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi PC78. Thanks for the note, I'll ask the bot operator about it. Regards, FASTILY 00:38, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

U5 Ovi Nedelcu

Hi Fastily, my "Ovi Nedelcu" page was deleted under section "U5" in the guide. I want to recreate or edit/publish my page but there is a notice saying I should contact you first about it so I don't risk getting "blocked". I know it got deleted for U5, but I'm not sure for exactly which areas or sections? is it because my sources referenced back to Amazon.com for books that I have had published? should I instead reference the publishers website as a verifiable source for my books? I'm just not sure which areas exactly(aside from books) I need to change in order to get it published. Thanks Ovi Nedelcu (talk) 00:37, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi Ovi Nedelcu. You may not use Wikipedia to promote yourself or your business/service. Violation of this rule will lead to suspension of your editing privileges. Thanks, FASTILY 02:33, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

Fastily, I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "promote" myself. I was just trying to post my bio. I was using a similar artist as a guide here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Parker I'm not sure why his page is ok, but mine is not? please explain how and why my page was any different so I can make those changes and re-post. ThanksOvi Nedelcu (talk) 03:56, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Hi Ovi Nedelcu. Jake Parker is a Wikipedia article, which is not the same as a Wikipedia user page; so, that’s one really big difference between the two pages. Moreover, the page is an article written about Parker, not a page written for Parker; in other words, it’s not his page and neither he nor anyone connected to him has any control over it as explained in Wikipedia:Ownership of content. Wikipedia articles are only intended to be written about subjects deemed to be Wikipedia notable; so, if you feel you’re Wikipedia notable enough for an article to be written about you per Wikipedia:Notability (people) then perhaps someday someone will create one. Your user page, however, is not really the place to do such a thing per WP:FAKEARTICLE. You may have some personal info on your user page as explained in WP:UPYES, but anything that is too unrelated to Wikipedia or Wikipedia editing is going to likely be a problem per WP:UPNO. In addition, editors don’t own their user pages, so inappropriate content can be removed at anytime.

Now, if you feel you’re Wikipedia notable enough for an article to be written about you and want to try and do so yourself, you should carefully read through Wikipedia:Autobiography, Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not, WP:PROUD, WP:LUC and WP:COISELF because you might find that a Wikipedia article is the best way to try and let others know about you and that there can be some negatives to having an article written about as well. — Marchjuly (talk) 13:33, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

Marchjuly, Thank you for the insight. That makes sense. I wasn't aware the difference between a userpage and an article. Ovi Nedelcu (talk) 16:54, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks two

Thank you deleting my error (User:Arctic Viking). Much appreciated.The joy of all things (talk) 17:39, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

deleted link about "Olivier Varenne"

Hi Fastily, my "Olivier Varenne" page was deleted under section "U5" in the guide. I would love to recreate or edit/publish my text but there is a notice saying I should contact you first about it so I don't risk getting "blocked". I know it got deleted for U5, but I'm not sure for exactly which areas or sections? This text is nothing to do with selfpromotion and dedicated only to a famous french curator? Please give me advise how i can improve my text about him, to be able create a wiki page about him. thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Belka Gorlanova (talk • contribs) 12:17, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi Belka Gorlanova. What is your relationship to Olivier Varenne? Are you being paid or commissioned to create a Wikipedia page for this individual? -FASTILY 02:18, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

File:MacLean of Duart, Modern.jpg

Hi Fastily. Would you mind taking a look at this file? It uploaded under the same name as a file you deleted on October 20 per F4 which was uploaded by the same editor. The file which was deleted was, I believe, uploaded as non-free content and this looks like it's exactly the same file. Perhaps this time the licensing is OK, but there is no EXIF data or anything else which indicates it's own work. If this is OK, it really should be moved to Commons since there's no need to host the file locally on Wikipedia. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:45, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. These are different images; I'll move the current version to Commons. Regards, FASTILY 20:37, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi Fastily. Thanks for checking. You might want to wait on moving it though because it may actually be copyrighted per WP:MCQ#File:MacLean of Duart, Modern.jpg. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:28, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks

Fastily, thanks for living up to the username and speedily deleting my old essay draft. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 00:01, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

Help

Hi Fastily, can you move List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 2010s/Archive 1 back to Talk:List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 2010s/Archive 1? Thank you. 大诺史 (talk) 17:40, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi 大诺史. I've deleted both pages and restored the text on Talk:List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters. We'll let the bot handle archiving. Best, FASTILY 20:37, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

"restored the text on Talk:List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters." Well, this is a true fuck-up. Because "List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters" no longer exists. It was split by consensus into two lists: 1970s-2000s and 2010s -- a search for "List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters" results in two choices, one or the other. We can't assume that readers interested in past talk page discussions, previous to the article split, will know how to jump through the hoops to get to them. Pyxis Solitary (yak) 09:02, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

deleted page of Olivier Varenne

Hello Fastily! Sorry for long reply. No, I'm not paid by him. Currently, I'm doing big research about radical art in museums and inspired a lot by MONA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Old_and_New_Art and David Walsh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Walsh_(art_collector) As Olivier one of the main curator of this institution, I'm interested in his person as well and think that would be great to have an article also about him, as he mentioned a lot on wiki pages and I'm using Wikipedia information as e references pretty often in my work. My friend was working for him years ago and helped me to collect correct information about him, so I would be very thankful if you can help me improve my article and help with advice what should I fix in it to be able to go through Wiki approval.

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Belka Gorlanova (talk • contribs) 08:47, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

In that case, I recommend using the article wizard to create a proper draft. Regards, FASTILY 19:15, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! Will try again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Belka Gorlanova (talk • contribs) 09:41, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

U5: KKCG deleted

Hi Fastily, I have read U5 rule and I have changed KKCG article according this rule. I am supposed to ask you for new review. I hope it will be ok now. Thanks a lot Marthy007 (talk) 17:21, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Why my Article got deleted ?

Hello Why my article about Narendra Singh Dhami got deleted ? Even I have provided so many reliable sources which were fully matching the article. I want to know why my article got deleted even without any reason .. Ram Singh Dhami (talk) 12:45, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi Ram Singh Dhami. It has not been deleted: Draft:Narendra Singh Dhami -FASTILY 23:12, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Basic company information

The page we posted was factual information, and not promotional at all. That you took less than 30 seconds to review the information on this page demonstrates that. You cannot differentiate the validity of the information posted from that of any company, 10s of 1000s of which have wikipedia pages.

Please demonstrate and validate for me how this posting is in any way variant in substance from any other posting of a company page on Wikipedia.Starweavergroup (talk) 18:22, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi Starweavergroup. You may not use Wikipedia to promote yourself or your business/service. Violation of this rule will lead to suspension of your editing priv.... oh, right. Thanks, FASTILY 22:18, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

User:Kapu Aloha

Hey, just giving you a head's up that I'm going to restore this page. Long story short, a student tried to move their sandbox live and didn't remove the user prefix. That said, the page needs a LOT of work, so I'll only be moving it back to their sandbox and leaving them feedback under my work account. I just wanted to let you know - it didn't really seem entirely worth going through REFUND for something I could do by myself. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 01:55, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Deletion request

Saw you were active and wanted to ask if you could take care of this boneheaded mistake of mine: User:MadeWayForPageMove Wug·a·po·des​ 01:36, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

 Done -FASTILY 01:46, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

User account problem

Sir, I already have an account "Goutamkumar Oinam" But it's not working, so I recreate another "Goutamkumar Oinam 2", sir please help me to regain the lost one! Goutamkumar Oinam 2 (talk) 03:24, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

Deletion review for User:ADilbert/Eazdeals

An editor has asked for a deletion review of User:ADilbert/Eazdeals. 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. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 04:26, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

Lol

You apparently didn't read my edit summary or comments in the various doc pages for . I didn't simply create doc pages for you to delete them. I wanted the modules deleted, and as far as I know, that's the only way to mark a module for deletion. it would be great if you could delete the pages listed above (if there are any left) with the exception of the "result/default" page, which could be deleted now, but would be safer to wait for it to have zero transclusions (your call). thank you. Frietjes (talk) 22:35, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

I'll take a  Self-trout for that one. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thanks for pointing that out. Regards, FASTILY 03:59, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

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Regarding User:Pendmytra

Hey Fastily, thank you for deleting User:Pendmytra due to U5. The user was advertising a website link under the same name as the username. Therefore user is also UAA shared user and advertising and should be indef blocked. Please check. Thanks! Regards, Optakeover^(U)(T)(C) 06:58, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi Optakeover. Thanks for the note, I've indef'd the account. Regards, FASTILY 07:53, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

Oli "Terrible Copyright Violations" Duran

Hi Fastily, the images I uploaded were necessary for certain articles of the political history of my country, in fact I will not upload more images, because they are not needed anymore, and the detail you mentioned that I included in the images I uploaded will remove it today, and I apologize if you don't understand anything of what this message says because my handling of the English language is horribly horrifying as a the user DoctorSpeed is disclosing, I hope that the same claims that you apply to me also apply them to other users who make rights violations here. Thank you very much for the destructive criticism. Oli (talk) 14:38, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

By the way Fastily

Don't thank me for anything, none of the contributions I have made on Wikipedia have been constructive or were never considered constructive, rather it seems that I have violated almost all the regulations of this encyclopedia when editing articles, could you tell me how many wikipedia rules have I violated? Because I need detailed guidance on this. And I apologize if I sound very mean with this message, thanks for reading.--Oli (talk) 02:17, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi OliverDF. I have not nominated anything you uploaded for deletion. If you have questions, I recommend consulting with the user who did, @Number 57. -FASTILY 07:35, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

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User:Affablelemur/Last mile (transportation)

You deleted User:Affablelemur/Last mile (transportation) as a U5, but all they'd done was copy parts of the Last mile (transportation) article to their sandbox to work on improving it. Please consider restoring it so they can improve the article (which is, of course, where the problem of potentially promotional language resides). Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk)/Guettarda 18:04, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi Ian. Thanks for clarifying, I have restored the page. Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused. -FASTILY 00:21, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

User:Doitmusic

You deleted this user page, but the user created it again. Just wondering if the current page is identical to what you deleted; I was going to tag it with U5 but it looks vaguely like an article, so I wasn't sure if the user was actually trying to make it less PROMO or if they're just spamming. Zupotachyon _{Ping me} (talk ⋅ contribs) 21:17, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi Zupotachyon. This new version is similar enough to the deleted version, so I've re-deleted the page. Thanks for letting me know. Regards, FASTILY 00:21, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

Deleted page recreated as draft

Hi Fastily! I'm not sure how to handle this: In 2018, I created Force Field (company) in hopes that it would become notable at some point, which it failed to do. After it fell prey to a COI editor, I had it swiftly deleted (you deleted it). This same editor has now created a draft for that same, still unnotable company, which was then minorly edited by what appears to be another COI user. Should the draft be deleted? Lordtobi (✉) 08:00, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi Lordtobi. I have tagged the page {{Undisclosed paid}}. Seeing how it's not in the mainspace, we can leave it be for now. Regards, FASTILY 08:08, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

contest a deletion or correct problem

I think my page was deleted because I am new and I included a website URL (deletion Code U5). I would like to resubmit the article without the website address. Do I start over? Help. Thank you. CEA-HOW (talk) 22:20, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

You may not use Wikipedia to promote your product/service. I have blocked your account, please refer to your talk page for more details. Thanks, FASTILY 22:29, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

G13 executions

Thank you for statusing the G13 nominations made by HasteurBot. The bot kicks off at the XX:00 of the hour, so if you're boerd around that time, there's always items available. Hasteur (talk) 03:52, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi Hasteur. Thanks for the note, I'll keep that in mind when patrolling CSD. Best, FASTILY 05:30, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Reuploading files with proper license

Hi, I would like to reupload files with proper license, can you tell me the steps to do so. Icekiller158 (talk) 04:14, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi Icekiller158. If you are the copyright holder or have been authorized to upload this file, then follow this procedure. -FASTILY 05:30, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Regarding User:Jalphonsus2/sandbox

Hey Fastily -- I understand the U5 deletion! I am new to Wikipedia and now get that the sandbox is not meant to be used in this way. Is there any way to retrieve the deleted material? Thank you very much.

Hi Jalphonsus2. Here is the text at time of deletion: [92] -FASTILY 07:09, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Can we get this salted?

Hi Fastily, you deleted File:Shane_Ramazan.jpg a couple times already, and it has been recreated yet again as a promotional page for some Pakistani social worker. Would it be possible to salt it? I'm not sure if the current creator is a sock of the two indeffed users who created it before, but I would guess probably so. Thanks! PohranicniStraze (talk) 21:34, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi PohranicniStraze. Thanks for the note. Salting would be overkill, seeing how the bulk of the vandalism has come from one account, which I've just indef'd. Regards, FASTILY 01:29, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Template:The Mandalorian

The outcome was merge, was this template deleted I am unable to find the history. Valoem ^{talk contrib} 05:22, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello Valoem and Fastily. The relevant content from Template:The Mandalorian seems to have been merged into Template:Star Wars via this edit by User:Alex 21. For reference, the old template can still be seen in the Google cache. EdJohnston (talk) 05:42, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Valoem, yes, the episode article entries were merged into {{Star Wars}}, and then {{The Mandalorian}} was deleted as it was redundant. This is what occurs during a template merge. -- /Alex/₂₁ 06:04, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Okay I see. Valoem ^{talk contrib} 23:23, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

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If you have any questions, please let us know at google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org.

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Brian Coogan (politician)

Fastily, well I see your big "STOP" edit notice telling me to go to REFUND, but I'm not sure it applies ;) You G7ed Brian Coogan (politician), which one author nominated for speedy deletion because they say they contacted the subject of the article, and the subject does not want to have a Wikipedia article. I had previously declined the speedy deletion and done some cursory work on the article, while it wasn't amazing, I think it was a perfectly legitimate article, of someone who I believe meets WP:NPOL. Would you consider restoring the article, or would you prefer it go to WP:DRV? Thanks, ST47 (talk) 01:55, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi ST47. It was a G7, there's no need to ask before restoring :) Best, FASTILY 07:05, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Please restore the deleted User:Nishithrai

I came to know that you deleted User: Nishithrai's page because of U5: Misuse of Wikipedia as a web host, please restore this page so that we can remove all those content which was making it a personal web page. we will be very thankful to you. Regards

Please refrain from using Wikipedia as your personal blog or resume. Repeat violators will be blocked form editing. Also, who is "we"? -FASTILY 02:12, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

We means I and my team.

Request to restore the article Selection Gradient.

Hi Fastily, I am a new member of Wikipedia and my article is Selection Gradient which is a course final project. I was about to make some correction but I found out that it's been removed. Also, I figured out the reason for deletion (R2) and have made changes as per my knowledge. Please, help me by providing some feedback so that the page can be restore.I will be looking forward for your suggestions. Best, EVEC2 (talk) 21:24, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi EVEC2. The page has not been deleted: Draft:Selection Gradient -FASTILY 01:49, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Opinions invited

Hi Fastily, you are one of the very few admins active in the filespace. Can you please take a look at my CSD log and share some feedback on my work here and if there is room for improvement. I will be very thankful to you for this kind gesture. --DBigXrayᗙ 07:46, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi DBigXray. Your CSD log is mostly F8 nominations. Is there something in particular you'd like me to look at? -FASTILY 02:12, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

I would be happy if you could review past few months entries and dig out potential problems in that log for me to improve upon. If all is well, according to you then it would be a complement for me. thanks.--DBigXrayᗙ 07:49, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Andrew Wyant

I think you pressed "delete" a bit too quickly on Andrew Wyant. The editor who added the db-author was not the actual author. I was looking through the history to see just how far to revert. Please check and consider restoring this. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 03:04, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

I think he did the right thing. The article contained only one sentence, and besides, the author himself issued that he have COI with it and therefore the "deletion" was justified to prevent further COI edits.--Biografer (talk) 03:13, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

COI is not a justification for deletion, Biografer, and nothing is a justification for placing a db-author tag on a page that you did not in fact create, unless the actual author requested deletion in some other way. That is disruptive editing. Another CSD might have applied, or a move to draft. There is no need to prevent further COI edits once an editor has properly declared the COI. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 03:54, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

You misunderstood me. The article contained only one sentence. A merge would have been better. The fact that Fastily deleted it is also good, because one sentence articles wont be expanded. What an editor was trying to do is to create a test. I decided to nominate this test creation for deletion as nothing is there to suggest notability. Fastily did a good job. Don't worry about disruptive editing. It wasn't really disruptive. :)--Biografer (talk) 04:22, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Oh I think I understand all right, Biografer. You saw something you thought should be deleted, so you chose a completely inappropriate CSD tag to achieve that result out of process. I can't think of a better definition of disruptive editing. Reason enough to undelete. Perhaps DRV would agree, but I would prefer to wait for a comment from Fastily, as the deleting admin. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 06:22, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

What are you talking about? {{Db-g7}} was added to the page by creator Live2evolve in the revision dated 28 November 2019, at 02:52. -FASTILY 07:01, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Well, for one, I used template {{Delete}}, in which I explained the reason which was "Single sentence that doesn't establish notability". Two, I expect Mr. David E. Seigel to apologize for his baseless accusations at once, because I feel that I did nothing wrong and the explanation is in front of you.--Biografer (talk) 07:31, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

What we are talking about? We are talking about how DES decided to teach an admin a lesson without checking the facts first. The way how he wants this single sentence article to be undeleted, shows me that he have some connection to the subject. Only for some reason, I don't see COI on his userpage.;)--Biografer (talk) 07:38, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

I did make an error above, Biografer. What you placed was: {{Delete|1=The article have only one sentence. The sources indicate zero notability. [[WP:TOSOON]] applies}} I was patrolling Category:CSD at the time, and was about to decline the speedy, when Fastily deleted it with a log entry of (G7: One author who has requested deletion or blanked the page. That was incorrect, and your {{delete}} (a template I would like deleted itself) did not give a valid speedy deletion reason, which is improper, but I seem to have mentally conflated that with you tagging as {{db-author}} which would have been much worse in my view. I apologize for that confusion. I came here originally only to argue that the delete as G7 was mistaken, since the author did not request deletion in any form, and I stand by that statement. I probably shouldn't have engaged in a back and forth with you Biografer. As for your accusation of a COI, I have none, and have never heard of Andrew Wyant before I saw the {{delete}} tag. I am well known at WT:CSD and WP:DRV for insisting that the limits of the speedy criteria be strictly observed, and that no page be speedy deleted that does not fully meet one or more of them. As that page says The criteria for speedy deletion (CSD) specify the only cases in which administrators have broad consensus to bypass deletion discussion, at their discretion, and immediately delete Wikipedia pages or media. They cover only the cases specified in the rules here. and I take "only" to mean just that. (This could be confirmed by looking at my edits to WP:DRV, I believe there are over 300 of them.) I had no intent of "teaching Fastily a lesson". Fastily and I have interacted over a speedy deletion before, less than a month ago. Does that make my views and motive here clearer? DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 16:01, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Yes. It certainly does.--Biografer (talk) 16:09, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Fastily , You wrote above that {{Db-g7}} was added to the page by creator Live2evolve in the revision dated 28 November 2019, at 02:52 Yes, but at 02:57 Live2evolve removed it again. That was the version I had last seen before the deletion. I was going to revert to the version of 28 November 2019, at 01:52} by Sagotreespirit, which shows two paragraphs and three cited sources, thereby declining the db-author. I may have confused the speedy tag placed by Biografer at 2:04, with the db-author with which Live2evolve replaced it at 2:52 (UTC). I apologize for saying that Live2Evolve never requested deletion -- apparently that editor did, only to remove the tag 4 minutes later. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 16:46, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Discussion at WP:UNDELETE#Crown Copyright portraits

 You are invited to join the discussion at WP:UNDELETE#Crown Copyright portraits. Can you please restore these files? WP:F7 would not apply as these were official portraits commissioned by the UK Parliament in 2005. They are therefore covered under Crown copyright restrictions. Getty does not own the copyright to these files. AlbanGeller (talk) 22:53, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

@Fastily: These files were incorrectly tagged as F7. Can you please have a look towards restoring them? Thanks. AlbanGeller (talk) 00:09, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you

Hello
Thank you for disposing of the talk page I'd put at Mary Hays (American Revolutionary War) earlier; I'd managed to mess up a page move, but it's all fixed now. Regards, Moonraker12 (talk) 16:53, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

ANI

Hi Fastily. You are briefly mentioned in an ANI thread I have just posted here. Its not really about you at all but I thought I'd drop you a quick message to let you know. WJ94 (talk) 18:29, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

New message from AlbanGeller

Hello, Fastily. You have new messages at WP:UNDELETE.
Message added 23:29, 3 December 2019 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Please consider these sources. AlbanGeller (talk) 23:29, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Restoring sandbox

Hi! I'm just giving you a head's up that I'm restoring a sandbox that was deleted. Long story short, the student was trying to move it live and moved it into the wrong userspace. I'm going to move it back to his sandbox, as there are some things he could work on as far as the draft goes. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 19:01, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

File:Brian Robertson (1947).jpg

Hi, why did you delete File:Brian Robertson (1947).jpg under WP:CSD#F6? The image had not been tagged for seven days - it was tagged just three hours before you deleted it. Indeed, it was still in use on an article three hours before that tagging. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 14:07, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi Redrose64. Thanks for pointing that out. I've restored the image and issued the tagging user a warning. Regards, FASTILY 04:17, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 16:40, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Author notification

Please make sure the authors.of articles you delete are notified. Thanks. FloridaArmy (talk) 21:42, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Please start reading your talk page. You were notified. -FASTILY 04:17, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

I do read my talk page. I never received a notification for Draft:Nellie Talbot Kinkead and several other entries you deleted. FloridaArmy (talk) 05:01, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @FloridaArmy: Notification of impending deletion is not the responsibility of the person performing the delete, but of the person who tags the page for deletion, which in this case was not Fastily but UnitedStatesian (talk · contribs). --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 16:46, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Undelete My Photo Please/It’s my copyrighted material

Hi! I’m Robert Gant, and I have the copyright for this photo as can be seen in the photo below. I own it. The photo was taken on my phone, and I’ve cleared the larger image through wikimedia commons. Here is the original photo that I made this crop from:

Robert_Gant_at_the_series_premiere_of_Netflix’s_“13_Reasons_Why”.jpg

I’m using it to update the photo on my profile page. Can you please undelete it so that I may use it on my page? Thanks for your help! Robert Freeandaware (talk) 07:58, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Hi Freeandaware. You might want to be careful about identifying yourself on Wikipedia for the reasons given in WP:REALWORLD, particularly since your not using your real name as your account name; however, if you are really who you claim to be, then you should be aware of Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. I've posted some information on your user talk page about this for your reference.

As for the file, since File:Robert Gant at the series premiere of Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why”.jpg has been uploaded to Commons under a free license, it would probably just be easier for you to make a crop of that photo and then upload it to Commons as a separate file under a different name; if you do that, the file can be used by all Wikimedia Foundation projects, not just English Wikipedia. One thing about that photo though is that you can only claim copyright ownership over the photo if you actually took it or can prove that the person who did take it transferred the rights to you as explained in c:COM:OTRS. So, you might want to send a consent email to Wikimedia OTRS to verify that you're the copyright holder.

Finally, you should propose adding the file to the article (please try to avoid calling it "your page" because that's not really the case per WP:OWN) on its talk page per WP:COIADVICE and WP:PSCOI#Steps to engagement to give other editors a chance to see if adding or replacing any images will actually improve the article. -- Marchjuly (talk) 09:02, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) see the recent SPI on Freeandaware.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 17:55, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Just curious...

... about this. I realize it's a sandbox and you reverted yourself a few minutes later, but random people aren't normally sternly pinged in a sandbox, so it looked like you were actually trying to say something to me. If so, I have absolutely no idea what you were referring to. If it's about User:Sandbox for user warnings (which I created) the last of my five edits from that account was almost eleven years ago, so that hardly seems the likely culprit. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:10, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi Mandarax. Apologies for the ping. I was dealing with Sandboxes for user warnings (which I presume is not yours), who had been triggering Lowercase sigmabot III to create thousands of garbage archive pages in the userspace of 192.168.256.1 (all nuked now). Regards, FASTILY 23:23, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Ah, thanks – I figured there had to be a logical explanation. And yes, your presumption about the "Sandboxes" account is correct. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:14, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Admin's Barnstar
		For the amazing administrative work you have done around the site! James-the-Charizard (talk to me!) (contribs) 14:39, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! :) -FASTILY 21:28, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Mural19 ‎

hello! Thank you for taking care of User:Mural19. I wonder if you could also block that account from article space until the AfD is over? They persist in adding bad sources (and their signature, strangely) to Harling Mural Art, which is presumably one and the same. I think it is a language/CIR issue as I've tried to talk to them multiple times.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 16:52, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi ThatMontrealIP. If they vandalize past the final warning, let me know (and/or report them to AIV). Best, FASTILY 21:28, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

File:Croatian Football Federation logo.svg

Hi Fastily. I’ve asked you about this before at User talk:Fastily/Archive 6#File:Croatia national football team crest.svg, but it appears that once again one of the file’s has been created. The basically the same file that was discussed in NFCR discussion I mentioned in my previous post about this. I think these files are being uploaded in good faith, but I don’t think they’re being deleted and then replaced by essentially the same file voids cancels out the consensus established on the file’s non-free use. This deletion-recreation cycle, if I remember correctly, has already happened a couple of times, usually involving different users. The file names may be different, but the files are essentially the same. Any templates or file talk page comments which might have been added to inform others about the NFCR discussion are never transferred to the new files by those who create them; so, they’re gone when the files end up deleted per F5. Any idea what to do this time around? Just remove the file from the men’s team article and then remove the corresponding rationale from the file’s page? Would you mind doing that if that’s all that needs to be done? Anyway, you have to dig into the article’s page history a bit but edits where the file has been previously removed per the NFCR can be found with edit summaries explaining why. In addition, there’s also an archived article talk page discussion explaining why as well. I don’t think these are being intentionally ignored, but just that people are unaware they exist so they’re not looking for them. — Marchjuly (talk) 10:46, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. I've removed the file from Croatia national football team and added {{Non-free reviewed}} to File:Croatian Football Federation logo.svg. Unfortunately people aren't always aware of these discussions, so the only thing we can do is removal + an explanation. Regards, FASTILY 21:28, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for taking a look and doing all of that. FWIW, I’ve got no issues with anyone who wants the non-free use of the file in that or any other articles re-assessed. — Marchjuly (talk) 23:04, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Cheers

Merry Christmas, Fastily! Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. May this Holiday Season bring you nothing but joy, health and prosperity. Onel5969 TT me 23:49, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

User:Mail int

Hi, you recently deleted this users userpage, however they seem to be a business editing their own arctiles, and they fail the username policy. Could you block them? Thanks, N0nsensical.system^(err0r?)_(.log) 13:54, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi NonsensicalSystem. They seem to have stopped editing for now. If they resume, please report them to AIV -FASTILY 06:23, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Fastilybot erroneously reports that file has no inbound file usage

I presume that the file I uploaded is reported as having no inbound file usage because I am specifying it using the "url" parameter of the "cite" template, which means that it is accessed without using the "File" prefix.

What are the consequences if I do nothing? Is there someplace I should put an annotation to indicate that the file actually is used from within Wikipedia?

Thank you for your assistance. Fabrickator (talk) 16:49, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi Fabrickator. Zero consequences, the tag is used for statistics/technical purposes. I'll note for the record that File:Nytimes 1878-07-02 another-coney-island-railroad-opening-of-the-brooklyn-and-flatbush.jpg does in fact have zero inbound links, so this tag was correctly applied. -FASTILY 06:23, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Q

Hi Fastily, can I get the name of the file that is used on User:KanchukaSamarakoon? Minorax (talk) 03:41, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi Minorax. It was c:File:KanchuKaSamarakoon.jpg. -FASTILY 05:18, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Cheers

Damon Runyon's short story "Dancing Dan's Christmas" is a fun read if you have the time. Right from the start it extols the virtues of the hot Tom and Jerry This hot Tom and Jerry is an old-time drink that is once used by one and all in this country to celebrate Christmas with, and in fact it is once so popular that many people think Christmas is invented only to furnish an excuse for hot Tom and Jerry, although of course this is by no means true. No matter what concoction is your favorite to imbibe during this festive season I would like to toast you with it and to thank you for all your work here at the 'pedia this past year. Best wishes for your 2020 as well F. MarnetteD|Talk 20:14, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks MarnetteD! Wishing a very happy holidays to you as well :) -FASTILY 21:51, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:CarPlay iOS 11.PNG

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Re: Prod for File:Robert Simpson portrait.jpg

I'm okay with a speedy delete on that file. I honestly can't even remember why it was necessary; the non-cropped version of the photo would suffice for any use I can think of.-RunningOnBrains^(talk) 20:40, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

Why deletion

Why was my page deleted — Preceding unsigned comment added by PopboiMilly (talk • contribs) 02:03, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi PopboiMilly. Please refrain from using Wikipedia to advertise yourself and/or your services, otherwise you may find yourself blocked from editing. -FASTILY 06:38, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas, Fastily! Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. And for all the help you've thrown my way over the years. May this Holiday Season bring you nothing but joy, health and prosperity.CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 07:41, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks CAPTAIN RAJU, wishing you a very Merry Christmas as well! :) -FASTILY 06:35, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Hershey Road Section image

Good morning,

Please delete the image that you have tagged as PROD, File:Hershey Road Section.PNG. It may have been experimental - it is certainly long out of date. Thanks --hmich176 10:40, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

Hello there! Shearonink (talk) wishes you & yours the very best of the season!

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Diwali, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa,
Festivus (for the rest of us!) or even the Saturnalia,
here's to
hoping your holiday time is wonderful
and that the New Year will be an improvement upon the old.
CHEERS!

Share these holiday wishes by adding {{subst:User:Shearonink/Holiday}} ~~~~ to your friends' talk pages.

Hi Shearonink, wishing you a very Happy Holidays as well! :) -FASTILY 03:30, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

Hello Fastily: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, DBigXrayᗙ Happy Holidays! 18:00, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings1}} to send this message

Hi DBigXray, wishing you a very Happy Holidays as well! :) -FASTILY 03:30, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

Thanks for all your help with my G13 noms! :) Snowycats (talk) 18:20, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Snowycats, glad I could help! :) -FASTILY 21:25, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

User: Un love

Thanks for deleting my embarrassing error. Apologies for being a biff. Happy New Year! Regards. The joy of all things (talk) 07:12, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Contested deletion

I have re-placed a file you deleted (you coded File:James_Martin_(Minnesota_politician).jpg as F9) with an identical file that I have obtained from a different source. The permission to use the file under license is documented in the file description. Northmop (talk) 21:03, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Hi Northmop. This is unrelated to the image you uploaded, and I'll leave it up to Fastily to respond to that. I saw your post at Draft talk:James Martin (Minnesota politician) and just wanted to point out a few things about Wikipedia in general.

First of all, nobody "needs" to have a Wikipedia article created about them; if you believe, that this person can have a Wikipedia article written about them because they are Wikipedia notable enough for one to be written, then you can try to do so; the fact that they are mentioned in other articles, however, doesn't mean that one should be written. You're going to have to establish that they satisfy either Wikipedia:Notability (people), particularly WP:POLITICIAN, or WP:GNG. Just running for political office doesn't make a person Wikipedia notable; they typically need to be actually elected to office. The other things is you're going to need to establish is that this person as an individual is Wikipedia notable in his own right; by these, I mean he is not going to be automatically considered Wikipedia notable just because he is associated with some event (like a lawsuit) which might be really important, but isn't something that establishes Wikipedia notability per WP:BLP1E. In some cases, an event has received enough significant coverage for it to be Wikipedia notable per WP:NEVENT and a Wikipedia article to be written about it, but that Wikipedia notability doesn't automatically transfer to those (even main players) associated with the event.

The other thing I'm going to point out is Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. If you've got any type of connection to Martin as explained in WP:COISELF, you need to be ware of relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines when it comes to such things. In particular, you need to be careful of WP:PAID, WP:LUC, WP:PROUD and WP:OWN. The first thing directly pertains to you if you are being compensated by Martin or anyone representing, but the last three pertain primarily to Martin. If you're successful in getting an article written about him improved, neither you, he or anyone associated with him will have any final editorial control over the article's content. So, any content (good or bad) which is not in accordance with relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines can be removed by other editors at anytime; similarly, article content, particularly negative content, won't be automatically removed just because it's negative as long as it otherwise complies with relevant policies and guidelines. Moreover, there's no way to make the page private or lock to prevent others from editing it and the username (or IP address for unregistered accounts) of anyone who edits the page will be visible for all to see in the page's history as will the content of the edit and the date/time the edit was made. What I'm getting at is that Wikipedia is in the WP:REALWORLD and it's not a quasi-official website that subjects of articles have control over and can use for self-promotion.

I'm not posting this to discourage you from continuing to work on the draft, though I recommend that you submit it to Wikipedia:Articles for creation for review when you think it's ready. I'm also not posting this because I think you're doing anything wrong and are trying to sneak information into Wikipedia about this person in some way. I'm only posting it because you don't seem to have much experience editing and only recently seemed to have started up again after quite a long absence. You also seem to never have created a Wikipedia article before and therefore might not be very familiar with all the things involved in doing so. I will add a template to your user talk page about conflict-of-interest editing just in case it might be something which applies to you, but also because it contains links to relevant Wikipedia policy and guideline pages that you may otherwise find helpful. One final thing you should try and understand is that lots of people try to create articles and its because of them that Wikipedia does have close to six million articles; however, lots of newly created article end up WP:DELETED for various reasons, but mainly because they are not deemed suitable for Wikipedia. In other words, creating an article is a fairly easy thing to do technically, but creating an article which doesn't end up deleted tends to be a bit hard. Wikipedia has lots of articles about lots of different things, but the fact that an article exists doesn't mean it necessarily should exist and most inappropriate articles end up deleted either sooner or later depending upon when they're noticed. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:38, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Arbitration case opened

You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/RHaworth. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/RHaworth/Evidence. Please add your evidence by January 14, 2020, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/RHaworth/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyoko^talk 03:11, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia Books

Since you participated in the discussion on Wikipedia Books I herewith inform you that a decision has been taken.

See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)/Archive_176#Suppress_rendering_of_Template:Wikipedia_books Dirk Hünniger (talk) 20:32, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

File:Din of Celestial Birds, Sep 2006, film poster.jpg

Hello Fastily, I recently noticed that you deleted the image I uploaded of the theatrical release poster of Din of Celestial Birds on grounds that it violated non-free use policy. I looked over the article when it had that tag up that marked it for deletion on those grounds and I fixed one of the issues that I felt was in violation (source). I went over this on the help page and I was told that the file now met with the non-free use policy. I was just wondering if there was a way I could restore it as it is a key point in the section of its subject, and how I could do it in a way that would not violate the non-free use policy?--Paleface Jack (talk) 19:54, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi Paleface Jack. The file is pretty much a textbook violation of WP:NFCC#8. I suppose I could restore it, but I wouldn't count on it surviving an FfD. -FASTILY 08:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Go ahead. I did hear from another user that the image had valid arguments for and against it. I'm just trying to figure out if there was something else I could do to the file additionally that would prevent another deletion, as it gives the reader a visual means of identification for the film.--Paleface Jack (talk) 00:35, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Very well, restored. I also recommend re-linking the file to the article so it isn't eligible for WP:CSD#F5. -FASTILY 06:36, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Witch King Return of the King.jpg

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Please tell me how to delete my account from Wikipedia

Can you tell me how to get rid of my account on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Motunrade Adegoke (talk • contribs) 18:08, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

(by talk reader) @Motunrade Adegoke: We don't delete accounts here. You can simply stop editing. Chris Troutman (talk) 18:12, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

What! And why is that?Motunrade Adegoke (talk) 18:14, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

@chris Troutman What!And why is that? Motunrade Adegoke (talk) 18:16, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

We don't. Once you click "publish changes" you have irrevocably donated everything you typed to us. You could ask to vanish but I don't see why you would need to. Chris Troutman (talk) 18:21, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

@Chris Troutman Well!thanks Chris. Motunrade Adegoke (talk) 18:33, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

User:Williamtynan deletion U5

Hi Fastily -- I note you deleted User:Williamtynan under U5, but I think the editor was just trying to create a draft on a possibly notable ensemble in the wrong place. He has been asking for help at the talk page of the tagger, NonsensicalSystem. Would you mind if I recreated it for him and put it either in draft or in a user subpage? Was there some other problem with it? Cheers, Espresso Addict (talk) 10:47, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi Espresso Addict. Sure, please feel free to do so. Best, FASTILY 22:09, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

IP range calc giving 503 error

Message says The URL you have requested, https://tools.wmflabs.org/ip-range-calc/, is not currently serviced. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 20:05, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi Amorymeltzer. Thanks for the heads up, I just restarted the web server on toolforge. Must have gone down when the wmf devs were upgrading the servers. -FASTILY 22:30, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Arbitration case opened

You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kudpung. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kudpung/Evidence. Please add your evidence by January 28, 2020, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kudpung/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyoko^talk 05:09, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

About an image I uploaded that may be deleted

I left you a message concerning an image used in Sunusi Mamman Shamsu Rabiu Galadunchi 08:44, 15 January 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shamsurabiu (talk • contribs)

Hi Shamsurabiu. Please follow the procedure outlined at WP:DCP to get the file restored. Thanks, FASTILY 01:41, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

File:Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club logo.png

Please delete, survived mass deletion because of category/template error. -- CptViraj (📧) 13:28, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Odd IPv6 contested deletions

Hi. I requested CSD deletions on four user pages yesterday that were giant bricks of (likely copyvio) Tamil language text. You deleted one of them (Monika thavamani, thanks), but the other three remain (Mpavatharani801213, Suchithrar99942, Priyankam14082001).

I noticed one of them was contested today at User talk:Priyankam14082001#Contested deletion in Spanish Viola las políticas del usuario de Wikipedia en inglés + sin traducir, which translates to "Violates Wikipedia user policies in English + untranslated", which sounds like supporting the deletion, not contesting it.

The IP has posted several others (Special:Contributions/2806:2F0:92E0:C3B:6930:F552:2DD0:DC95/64) that similarly seem to support deletion, not contest it. I left a message at the talk page of the latest IP just now, though I don't know if they'll get it, or understand it. What else do I need to do? Thanks. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 02:27, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

Update: All four user pages now deleted. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 20:00, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Thanks, I really appreciate your work as an admin. Target Barsado (talk) 12:14, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! :) -FASTILY 03:30, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Peter Donebauer deletion

On the 11th September 2019 this page was set to Draft deletion with the reference R2 (which I don't entirely follow). A number of amendments have been made to the references to provide the additional authority about the article which was sought. Could it be reviewed again please? -- comment added by User talk:Iaeon comment added 00:09, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi Iaeon. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by that, but I'd suggest getting in touch with the editor who originally turned the page into a draft, @Þjarkur, if you'd like to get feedback on it. Regards, FASTILY 03:30, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Sorry Fastily. For some reason I thought you were the Editor. Looks like it is someone else. User talk:Iaeon comment added 13:05, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion no portals

21:42, 21 January 2020 Fastily talk contribs deleted page Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion no portals (G7: One author who has requested deletion or blanked the page – If you wish to retrieve it, please see WP:REFUND)

Why? --SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:13, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

Because the sole-author requested deletion? -FASTILY 23:18, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

Yes, I decided that the page no longer served a purpose because there were no active MfDs of portals and had only been two in the last two months and G7ed it (being the only editor of the page). I don't see a problem here. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:21, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

File:CGP Grey stick figure.png

Hi Fastily. There’s something odd about this file. It was uploaded in 2018 which means it can’t be the same file I discussed at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content/Archive 67#NFCC#1 exemptions for BLP privacy reasons in 2017. Could this be a reupload or another version of a file previously deleted? If it is, then maybe the file was already discussed at FFD. — Marchjuly (talk) 03:20, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. They're different images. For reference: File:CGPGrey Logo.jpg (desc, file), File:CGPGreySymbol.png (desc, file) -FASTILY 05:19, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying. I did a bit more digging and found that they were at least "different" files in terms of file name. I was going to post an update here after I posted at the FFD, but your post confirms they are not the same.. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:25, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

More problems with an editor harrassing me

Hi Fastily,

Some time ago, I came to you with concerns about an editor who was hounding me. I followed your advice and took it to ANI, but unfortunately nothing came of it. I felt that he managed to drag the discussion out long enough that admins would be deterred from doing anything because of the amount they would have to read and by claiming the whole ANI report was petty revenge on my part. He has a bad habit of wiki-lawyering.

The hounding stopped for a while, but it has since flared up again—most notably here where he has spent six weeks dragging a discussion out by refusing to provide sources for his claims and engaging in original research. The subject is car numbers in a motor racing series; an almost trivial subject matter. It is currently being discussed at the no original research noticeboard, where the gist of his argument is that because sources never defined the phrase "permanent numbers", editors could not be sure what it meant. He is also trying to argue that those same sources which use the phrase "permanent numbers" contradict themselves as a way of proving why he was right all along. I think this is a pretty specious argument and another example of his wikilawyering.

His pattern of behaviour is again quite clear to me. He only ever edits in the current season article or in discussions related to it and he only ever opposes me. I believe that he does this because he knows that I have been a major influence in the articles on the subject, and that it is the work that I am most proud of on Wikipedia. Some of his recent edits suggest to me that he has very little knowledge of the subject given that his comments have been factually inaccurate (he claimed that something happened recently when it has not happened for 25 years). He has lobbied to have me blocked at ANI on several occasions to no avail, and once it became apparent that admins were not taking the action he desired, he started his campaign of harrassment.

I want this to stop. I find dealing with him to be incredibly frustrating and I believe that his actions are deliberate. Every discussion that he gets involved in winds up being dragged out for weeks. However, I don't know what to do about it. ANI is the obvious example, but given his talent for wikilawyering, I have no confidence that anything will come of it. I would be happy with a two-way IBAN or a mutual TBAN where we both stay away from a topic that the other nominates. I suggested that last time and he initially agreed to it, but then nominated a list of topics for the TBAN, many of which I edited but he did not. This, more than anything else, proves his harrassment because he had no reason to nominate those topics other than to frustrate my editing practice.

Could you please make some suggestions to help me? Mclarenfan17 (talk) 11:33, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi Fastily,

I hate to be back here so soon, especially when you have not had a chance to respond to my post, but there has been a development at WP:NORN.

One of the editors involved claims that I had deliberately kept "false information" in an article. I had reverted some of his edits because he had not provided any sources and when I asked him to, he posted something that failed both WP:RS and WP:VER. I pointed this out in the WP:NORN discussion, which prompted this response from Tvx1, who claimed that I was "trying to talk my way out of [trouble]" and implied that this was something that I regularly do. This, I feel, is blatant misrepresentation. It is quite clear from the discussion that the source was not suitable. I also think that Tvx1 is trying to redirect attention away from his actions.

I'm sorry I have to keep doing this, but it's obvious harrassment. Mclarenfan17 (talk) 00:42, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi Mclarenfan17. Without commenting on the current situation, I'm aware that Tvx1 is a problem user with an incredibly long history of blatantly lying/misrepresenting policy. User conduct/harassment is a serious issue on Wikipedia and since the community (via AN/ANI) has failed to resolve the ongoing harassment you're experiencing, I'm going to recommend filing a request for arbitration. -FASTILY 03:30, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, Fastily. I think I'm going to have to approach this very carefully. The Arbitration page makes the process out to be quite daunting—probably because it is not to be taken lightly—and if it's not done properly, it can backfire. The process is time-consuming and considering that Tvx1 fights everything, he won't take this lightly. He will almost certainly try and turn it back on me. Is there any advice you can offer on how to approach arbitration? And is there anything admins can do while the arbitration process is ongoing? Mclarenfan17 (talk) 03:57, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Agreed, but I suspect this may be your best option (assuming the case is accepted by the committee). You could, of course head over to ANI, but I'd be willing to bet that raising the above concern there will amount to exactly nothing, just bruised egos and a bunch of name-calling. As for your other questions: Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration is a great resource and explains the process in-depth. Admins typically won't intervene in matters subject to ongoing deliberation by the arbitration committee. Regards, FASTILY 04:11, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Alright, thanks. Would it be alright if I included your previous comments about his editing behaviour? I feel that doing so would give more weight to the arbitration case and it would be much harder for him to dismiss the way he did the last ANI. However, I will understand if you prefer to stay out of it. Mclarenfan17 (talk) 05:35, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Sure, especially since everything I've written here is public anyways. Best, FASTILY 23:05, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi Fastily,

Would you mind helping me conduct a small experiment, please? Based on your edit history, it appears that you have little to no interest in motorsport. I'd like to show you an excerpt from a source and ask your opinion of it:

In order to give consistent identity to drivers and assist with promotion, Priority 1 drivers will be free to choose their permanent car number from 2019, except number 1, which will always be reserved for the reigning World Rally Champion.

In your own words, could you please tell me what you think this means and what conclusions you think anybody who read this might draw from it? For context, a "Priority 1 driver" is a competitor at the top level of the sport.

I know it's an odd request, but it will help me a lot. Mclarenfan17 (talk) 12:42, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Deleted image

I have attempted to follow the instructions for addressing the issue of the deleted file on the page Rosalind Gersten Jacobs. I am totally confused and going around in circles trying to figure out how to resolve this issue.I have the express permission of the Man Ray Trust, copyright owner, to publish this image, as indicated in email below. Please advise.Gaw54 (talk) 21:02, 25 January 2020 (UTC) (Redacted)

(talk page watcher) Hi Gaw54. Please be very careful about posting personal contact info, etc., particularly about other persons, on any Wikipedia pages as explained in WP:REALWORLD. Anything you post anywhere on Wikipedia can be pretty much seen by anyone who can access the page so it’s best to be careful in doing so and instead use WP:EMAIL to discuss such content. Even if your intentions are best it might be seen as a form of WP:OUTING.

As for your image license question, Wikipedia is going to need the copyright holder to email their WP:CONSENT to Wikimedia OTRS to verify that copyright understands and agrees to c:Commons:Licensing. “For use on Wikipedia only”, “For non-commercial use only”, etc. types of license are not acceptable per Wikipedia:Copyrights#Guidelines for images and other media files. Basically, the copyright has to release the file under a license that allows anyone anywhere in the world to download the file in perpetuity for any purpose at any time. If they agree to that, then the file will most likely be restored; if not, then it won’t. — Marchjuly (talk) 01:52, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The No Spam Barnstar
	Thank you for deleting all the my G11 and U5 pages! N0nsensical.system(err0r?)(.log) 12:57, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! :) -FASTILY 06:10, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

File:Neeya 2 film poster 2019.jpg

Hello. This might seem petty, but can you restore that redirect? G7 states that "[f]or redirects created as a result of a page move, the mover must also have been the only substantive contributor to the pages before the move", and the uploader of the image was Rupalavanyan, a different editor than the mover Kailash29792. Thus, the criterion does not apply. Besides, I see no reason for the redirect to be deleted anyway; it seems useful since the image was at this title for more than one year. Glades12 (talk) 16:33, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Glades12, maybe due to the lack of incoming links, the longer, unwanted name does not have to be restored? Kailash29792 (talk) 16:35, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

@Kailash29792: Being unlinked is not a sole reason to delete a redirect, and who besides you says the redirect is "unwanted"? Besides, it's impossible to see all links to a given page on Special:WhatLinksHere due to old revisions, external sites and the like. Glades12 (talk) 18:26, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

 Done as G7-deleted pages may be restored on request. -FASTILY 20:47, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

FastilyBot Error

See this edit by FastilyBot. The resulting message is all garbled. -- Whpq (talk) 01:25, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi Whpq. Thanks for letting me know. Stevenxlead blanked {{Proposed deletion notify}} in this edit which I've reverted. Regards, FASTILY 01:37, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Images in general and File:Harry Yerkes (ca 1922).jpg specifically

Hi Fastily, would you indulge me in a couple of questions? I'm not nearly as familiar with image policies as I likely should be. This is the image I used when I created the Harry Yerkes article, and it shows up when viewing the article history. Are public domain, but inferior, images of value for that reason? The image also shows Yerkes as he would have appeared in day-to-day life, as opposed to the "promo" headshot which appears on the article now. Don't get me wrong, the image on the article is vastly superior to this prodded image, and it would be of no great loss were this to be deleted, but I'm wondering where the line of "useful" is generally drawn. Thanks! 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 15:35, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi 78.26. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by that. I've chosen PROD instead of FfD so that any reason provided by any user may be used to justify keeping/restoration. -FASTILY 08:35, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

Sorry I'm not clear. You moved it to Commons, so it's moot anyway. I think you may be right, it is a useless file at this point, I was just wondering if a file like this has any value from an "article history" standpoint. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 21:30, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

No worries, thanks for clarifying. Without commenting specifically on the image above, if a file has been a substantial part of an article's history, then a case for retention could be made (in which case I would also recommend a transfer to Commons so our sister projects can benefit too) -FASTILY 05:15, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	I've noticed over the last few days you are consistently clearing the G13 CSDs and I understand how tedious it is, so I think a barnstar is overdue Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ Talk 21:15, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Zppix! :) -FASTILY 05:15, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Moving pages in a user's sandbox

Hi @Fastily: I had been working on André Aubréville in my sandbox, when it was somewhat summarily removed, which was not helpful to me, as it contained information which did not form part of the final article, but which I find useful, and wished to use in constructing a further article. I have now lost these and must find them again (not always easy). Just wondering why you felt the need to act so summarily: the article had barely been completed I had thought sandboxes were essentially the province of each user. MargaretRDonald (talk) 04:35, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi MargaretRDonald. You created MargaretRDonald/sandbox/André Aubréville without a "User:" prefix, so the page ended up in the mainspace. @Ost316 simply moved it to User:MargaretRDonald/sandbox/André Aubréville so nothing has been lost :) -FASTILY 05:15, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

DelRev

This edit seems like it should be deleted. --Mr. Vernon (talk) 07:18, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi Mr. Vernon. It just looks like plain old vandalism, revdel seems like overkill in this case. Regards, FASTILY 08:18, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Images of South Australian politicians

Can you please stop PRODing these? We have a bunch of alternate images of these figures, of equal quality and usually at a different age, that could either be used in place of the current image or used alongside it were the article to be extended. They could plausibly be moved to Commons. They were uploaded for a reason, the PROD tags are inevitably removed when you add them. Keeping on with this is wasting both your time and mine and it's getting tiresome now that this has happened quite a few times. The Drover's Wife (talk) 00:17, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi The Drover's Wife. As per WP:NOTWEBHOST #2, Wikipedia is not a repository for orphaned files. Since you're obviously watching the files, you probably already know that I've been transferring de-prod'd files to Commons. You're more than welcome to do the same of course; FileImporter (enable here) makes it easy to transfer files to Commons. -FASTILY 08:18, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

I'm no expert on transferring things to commons, and you clearly are. Better to do that straight up than go through the motion of tagging, being untagged, and then doing it later. The Drover's Wife (talk) 09:41, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Someone has a bagel up their nose about you

Wikidinformatics has undone a couple of your deletion recommendations. These two are the only two edits so far) by this account but the edit comment "Fsstily is wrong" makes this look like a sock of some other account that you have annoyed. -- Whpq (talk) 19:11, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi Whpq. Thanks for the heads up. Their activity so far is relatively harmless; if they persist, then a NOTHERE block would probably be in order. Regards, FASTILY 20:32, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Article over Soleil Moon Frye

Listen. That thing has been protected for 7 years, and nothing has happened. It's not like anybody knows who she is anymore, and those who do maybe have some good info on her that some random person will find out, fueling their curiosity. I know that was overblown, but I'm just saying that protection is no longer necessary for this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.24.210.141 (talk) 22:25, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Sure, unprotected. Regards, FASTILY 08:18, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Remember, the article was locked down because of years of IP-hopping BLP vios on her daughter. I hope it doesn't restart. SarekOfVulcan (talk) 04:38, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Draft talk:Neeyamo

Hi Fastily,

Notice you have deleted Talk Page content from Neeyamo. I was told by another reviewer to add the content from COI and Paid COI for my wikipedia page to go online. Please can you let me know why was it deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Irenejones2009 (talk • contribs) 05:14, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Hi Irenejones2009. Fastily deleted Draft talk:Neeyamo per speedy deletion criterion G8 because the talk page was an orphan, i.e. the corresponding Draft:Neeyamo doesn't exist. All talk pages (except for user talk pages) are expected to have a corresponding subject page and those which don't (except in certain cases) are deleted.

If you would like to continue to work on Draft:Neeyamo because you feel the subject meets one of Wikipedia's various notability guidelines like Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies), then maybe if you should explain this to Bradv, the administrator who deleted the draft. Perhaps Bradv will restore it so that you can continue to work on it, but you should make sure you carefully read WP:PAID and WP:DECLARECOI first, and then submit the draft to Wikipedia:Articles for creation for review when you think it's ready for article status. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:26, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Uhm…

…what?? --Xover (talk) 14:00, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

User talk:Fastily/Archive 6#FastilyBot Error -FASTILY 08:10, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Appreciation

Dear Fastily,

Thank you very much for granting me the right to Rollback, I will use it accordingly without making an offence to violate Wikipedia's term of use. Anasskoko (talk) 08:50, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Deletion of Waqidi Falicoff and/or Waqidi Falicoff, Music Career Wikipedia page

The webpage Waqidi Falicoff (changed from Waqidi Falicoff, Music Career) was deleted in 2017 for what appears to be the following reasons: "sources examined show triviality and nothing else beyond" and there was no additional information for a number of years.

I have viewed the original sources and they were highly relevant and certainly not trivial. As I cannot view the content of the deleted page I can only work from memory. For example, the reference to Waqidi Falicoff being a Broadway composer is established by several sources such as https://www.revolvy.com/page/Paul-Sills%27-Story-Theatre where it says 'Additional music was by "The True Brethren" (Hamilton Camp, Waqidi Falicoff, Raphael Grinage, Loren Pickford).' Falicoff is confirmed as a composer of music for the Tony award winning show "Story Theatre" (2 Tony awards and a nomination for best show of the year) in the respected ibdb database: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/waqidi-falicoff-93648.

Sources of Falicoff's history and accomplishments as a professional guitarist, singer and songwriter (for Robbins Music, a subsidiary of EMI Music) are numerous and are delineated here: https://www.muswellhillmusic.com/about-waqidi-falicoff/. Please review and restore the original page.

WFalicoff (talk) 22:52, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi WFalicoff. Done as a contested prod, now at AfD. Regards, FASTILY 09:06, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Motorsports opened

You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Motorsports. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Motorsports/Evidence. Please add your evidence by March 13, 2020, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Motorsports/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 00:42, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

Rollback request

Hello greetings. I am F5pillar, sorry for the disturb please i am requesting for a Rollback permission, which i believe to have been Amateur editor in Wikipedia. Please accept my request and i will be happy to continue my commitments in (en.wiki). Thanks for the time considered on my request, hope it will be granted soon. (Say something (talk) 21:24, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi F5pillar. I reviewed your recent contributions and did not see any anti-vandalism work. To show us that you need the rollback right, please first spend some time patrolling Special:RecentChanges and reverting vandalism. Regards, FASTILY 07:37, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

No problem, Thanks so much (Say something (talk) 14:52, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

File

Hi Fastily,
Just wondering - Who was the CSD requester of File:TCS logo.jpg and was the file being used prior to deletion?,
Many thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 13:01, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi Davey2010. That would be Störm. The file was originally used in TCS (logistics company), but it has since been replaced by File:TCS Pakistan logo.png (presumably the company's newest logo) -FASTILY 01:50, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

Contested deletion

Hi Fastily

Sorry to disturb. I am an amateur user of Wikipedia. My sandbox got deleted due to the following reasons: U5: Misuse of Wikipedia as a web host. I am unsure about how I can counter this issue. May I know how can I rectify it or is there any particular sentences or paragraph that suggests the page is used for personal purposes? Thank you so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jenaaliyah (talk • contribs) 14:55, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi Jenaaliyah. Please refrain from using your user pages to advertise/promote your business. You may use the article wizard if you would like to create a new article. -FASTILY 06:29, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Article draft retrieval

Hello, @Naji Ayoub: is a new user who accidentally tried to create a an article draft in his user page space here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?page=User%3ANaji_Ayoub . Please put the text of the deleted article in his sandbox so he can resume his work on his article. إيان (talk) 17:32, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi إيان. I've restored the page and moved it to Draft:Mosque of Ould al-Hamra -FASTILY 06:29, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

File:Rweyemamu.jpg

Hi Fastily. Would you mind taking a look at this? There are couple of possible issues, but the main one is that it is actually a photo of another photo which may make it a WP:Derivative work or just a simple slavish reproduction. In either case, the copyright status of the original photo probably should consider. The reason I'm asking you about it is that it might be connected to c:File:JFR3.jpg (according to the file's page), which is a file you deleted from Commons back in 2012. The local file was uploaded in January 2006 and might be old enough to be considered c:COM:GRANDFATHERED is it wasn't a photo of another photo, but I'm not sure that would apply in this cases since there appear to be multiple copyrights to consider. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:46, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. I've kicked the file over to FfD. Grandfathered files are ineligible for F11, but they can still be deleted via deletion discussion. Regards, FASTILY 00:13, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for taking a look. Do you know whether this has anything to do with the file you deleted from Commons? -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:58, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't know. It has been 8 years since I deleted the file and I'm no longer an admin on Commons. -FASTILY 06:29, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Understand. It will be sorted out at FFD. Thanks again. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:01, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

File:MontrealExposcap2004.png

I disputed the speedy tag on this file. It should not have been deleted without a discussion. Would you please restore it so it can go through a proper discussion over my dispute? TrueCRaysball | ^#RaysUp 07:48, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi TrueCRaysball. Sure, now at FfD. -FASTILY 23:09, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Local 58

Fastily, I was surprised to see that you had deleted this page under a G7, since there were two or three other comments aside from the original editor, and it was a DYK nomination that was being reviewed by others. If the creator was no longer interested, what should have happened was that they posted that they were withdrawing the nomination, which would then have been closed in the normal manner, and a record would remain of a nomination that had been reviewed and notability issues raised. Can you please explain why G7 was deemed acceptable with those other edits? I thought it was only allowed when the requester was the sole editor. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:06, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi BlueMoonset. I won't claim to be an expert in the inner workings of the DYK process. Restored, since G7'd pages are eligible to be restored on request. -FASTILY 06:29, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Fastily, while I appreciate that the page has been restored, you haven't answered my question about its removal. On the Speedy deletions page, the description of G7 reads If requested in good faith and provided that the only substantial content of the page was added by its author. In fact, the vast majority of the page's contents was added by other editors before the original creator deleted their content and then put in a G7. Is this truly acceptable for a G7, that someone can get rid of a page simply because they originally created it, regardless of what others have contributed since? I'm truly trying to understand this, independent of DYK. (If they had created it, been the sole editor or the only other edits had been minor fixes, and then blanked it, then a G7 is clearly allowed, but that wasn't the case here.) BlueMoonset (talk) 16:58, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Safe to say I made a mistake? Since you're anticipating a revolutionary explanation, then let me break it to you: there isn't one. -FASTILY 23:09, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Just looking to understand what happened. Thanks for the simple explanation, which means I shouldn't need to worry about pages like that disappearing via G7 in the future. Everyone makes mistakes; I made a doozy just yesterday, and fixed it when I realized my error. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:34, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Please review my current User page

Apparently, I referenced a web page offsite from Wikipedia and you (or your bot) deleted my user web page at User:DaveJWhitten. Could you please review it, and verify that it is not in violation of any policies here on Wikipedia ? This is the text of the record I found of the deletion , but it isn't clear what URL refers to it:

14:23, 18 February 2020 Fastily talk contribs deleted page User:DaveJWhitten (U5: Misuse of Wikipedia as a web host) (thank)

Thanks DaveJWhitten (talk) 17:15, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

(by talk reader) @DaveJWhitten: Wikipedia user pages are not your personal website. It should tell us about you as an editor. The only useful sentence on your user page admits that you have a conflict of interest regarding WorldVistA, which is the only article you've been editing. Had you come to Wikipedia to improve our encyclopedia without a stake in the matter, you could have a user page to inform us about your editing preferences and maybe a bit about you, personally. Instead, you've come here to advertise your work, which is why your user page was deleted before and will likely be deleted again. Chris Troutman (talk) 17:28, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. I disagree with your assessment of my motives and would hope that they are now clear and will not necessitate a deletion again. As I recall, the last version of my user page did not even mention my interest in WorldVistA, (I can't show it to you as it has been completely deleted to my knowledge). The page was a rough draft that I intended to edit to include more information as I had time. It mentioned my work on the Public Domain Knowledge Bank and Artificial Intelligence. To my memory, I only left a link to my media wiki for the PDKB effort and did not engage in advertising nor self-promotion in that page.

I have been working on Wikipedia since the days when Wikipedia was a Perl script and used text only data files. Usually, I have had no interest in getting credit, as I have made changes that are basically housekeeping, like following links to make sure they weren't dead, and fixing misspellings or typos. I recently created this account because I had problems connecting to another account that I had made. But, as I said, my preference is to work quietly, fixing obvious errors. DaveJWhitten (talk) 21:40, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

If anyone is interested, I'm trying to transclude this section to my user talk page at User Talk:DaveJWhitten. Chris Troutman gave me a link [WP:SELECTIVETRANSCLUSION]] to a page that stated how to do it, but I have not been successful to do so currently. DaveJWhitten (talk) 22:50, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

I requested some admin support for a bureaucratic task. You showed up and performed for me. Thanks for making the gears of the wiki turn and everything work. Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:08, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, happy I could help! -FASTILY 00:39, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

CyberProof

Hi Please restore the article to my own sandbox please Fabiorahamim (talk) 08:29, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi Fabiorahamim. I did not delete that page, the admin you're looking for is @Jimfbleak -FASTILY 04:53, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the speedy deletion of Staminier

how long until the dead link goes from google, the page is still partially visible — Preceding unsigned comment added by NaughtyNuggles (talk • contribs) 21:25, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Content in deleted page

Hi, you deleted my page because of reason U5. Im not asking for it to be restored, but can i have the codes back please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by PixelCheats (talk • contribs) 08:03, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi PixelCheats. Sure, here you go: [93] -FASTILY 08:25, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by PixelCheats (talk • contribs) 08:27, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Getting material back to improve the page

Hi, Thank you for noting that my page did not seem to meet Wikipedia criteria. I would like however to get my material back, in order to improve the page in the future. This is indeed my first Wikipedia entry and I don't have a saved copy of the text.

Minga2017 Minga2017 (talk) 14:56, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi Minga2017. Sure, here you go: [94] -FASTILY 04:10, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Deletion of my page

You deleted my page because of U5 but there was no promotion. It was just an information page about myself. It was totally neutral, maybe there could be a misunderstanding? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seçkin Aktunç (talk • contribs) 21:23, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi Seçkin Aktunç. Please refrain from using your Wikipedia user page to to promote yourself or your business. Repeat offenders will be blocked from editing. If you want to create an article, then please use the Article wizard -FASTILY 22:01, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

"Ganadalf" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Ganadalf. Since you had some involvement with the Ganadalf redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Hog Farm (talk) 05:04, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you so much & Best wishes. Arenasky (talk) 07:47, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! :) -FASTILY 22:51, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Why my user page is deleted?

As it is written on the page that i copied data from [[95]]. But that is written by me. So why my user page is deleted? Kanishk1901 (talk) 00:25, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi Kanishk1901. Please refrain from using your Wikipedia user page as a personal blog or webhosting service. Repeat offenders will be blocked from editing. If you want to create an article, then please use the Article wizard. -FASTILY 00:27, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

My article's image has been deleted?

My article's image has been deleted?

Could you please restore the image as it is really discouraging for the beginner who is writing his first article, and it's image itself got deleted ? I understand, I recently joined the wikipedia but soon i will get involve in many wikipedia activities. If not can u please upload the same (Rajiv Ranjan at Capgemini Bangalore Mar 2018.jpg) in wikimedia Commons ?~~ Sat-cusat (talk) 20:33, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi Sat-cusat. Please refrain from using Wikipedia as a personal blog or webhosting service. Repeat offenders will be blocked from editing. If you want to create an article, then please use the Article wizard. -FASTILY 05:40, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Samaira Sandhu

Hi! I was about to request salting Samaira Sandhu to avoid re-creation by SPAs. Can you please salt it as it has been repeatedly re-created by possible WP:UPEs. Thanks, --KartikeyaS (talk) 07:52, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi KartikeyaS. I'm not seeing enough recent disruption to warrant salting. If SPAs are causing trouble, report them to AIV/COIN and we'll block them. -FASTILY 23:27, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

WikiLove

Erpert ^{blah, blah, blah...} has given you a bubble tea! Bubble teas promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a bubble tea, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy drinking!

Spread the awesomeness of bubble teas by adding {{Bubble tea}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message!

Welcome back. Erpert ^{blah, blah, blah...} 22:01, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Duplication of template

Hello!

See Special:Diff/947173951. Can you perhaps make your bot check if the file already is tagged with {{Orphan image}} before adding it?Jonteemil (talk) 19:12, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi Jonteemil. Thanks for the note, I'm aware of this. FastilyBot pulls data from the WMF toolforge replicas which have a tendency of getting out of date and/or failing to update. I'll write more stringent checks on my end sometime, but this happens so infrequently that it's not a priority on my (very long) todo list. Regards, FASTILY 23:27, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

I see, thanks for the reply.Jonteemil (talk) 05:37, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Hey what so ever i have uploaded is true with best of my knowledge please i want the same to be uploaded on wiki kindly undelete the deleted Information Shell be your most kindness Regards: Dr Imtiyaz Ahmad Lone (talk) 20:29, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Deletion

Hi, I believe you deleted the page considering it as promoting or blogging just because it was written by the same person. The page was like any other young artists information on Wikipedia with more than 10 links as references. I hope at least you read the text before making your FAST decision.Shojaian.alireza (talk) 23:18, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

(by talk reader) @Shojaian.alireza: Please don't use other poorly-written articles as examples. We're in a constant battle to improve or delete content as waves or more dreck are contributed here. Further, we don't allow autobiographies and you would do well to read about writing articles before attempting to do so. I'm sure you can understand the effort our volunteers make to provide a free encyclopedia and I don't think they deserve your contempt. Chris Troutman (talk) 23:45, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Cover arts of Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)

Hey again. I looked up again the single releases of Leonard Cohen's recording of "Hallelujah", especially in discogs, 45cat, and ebay, and re-read the FFD discussion about the Spain artwork and Dutch cover art (misidentified as Australian). I have begun to doubt whether the 1984 Spain single release may have been commercially released. The most authentic I know about the artwork was one released used for only promotional use: 45cat, discogs. Somehow, another discogs page uses the Spain artwork for the info similar to the Dutch release, and the worrying part was that both had the same catalogue number "A-4918". Eil.com doesn't explain much about the release. More troubling than the confirmation of which images belong to was this source, used to cite Spain charts. However, I've not yet seen such info anywhere on that page. I even tried the charts in the other website, but the search is too time-consuming, and it doesn't record charts before 2004. I would like to have the Dutch cover un-deleted and then either re-taken to FFD or replace the Spain artwork. George Ho (talk) 03:08, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi George. Okay, I've restored File:Cohen Hallelujah Australia.jpg. Please be sure to list both files when starting the FfD nomination. Regards, FASTILY 03:46, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Template:The Mandalorian

Please restore full history and talk page of the template, template has been restored. Valoem ^{talk contrib} 10:05, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi Valoem. Was there another discussion overturning the result of Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 November 13#Template:The Mandalorian? Also, courtesy ping for @Trialpears -FASTILY 19:25, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

I am not aware of discussion processes for overturning template deletion. If there is an option please show me and delete the template and I'll ping Brojam (talk · contribs) if there is. As far as I am aware nothing has changed since Alex 21 (talk · contribs)'s nomination as for WP:PRESERVE the history of the template should remain please restore or redelete for further discussion. Valoem ^{talk contrib} 19:44, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

You need to use Wikipedia:Deletion review. TFD discussions should not be overturned without a followup discussion. That said, I'm going to re-delete the template as a technicality. Please create a nomination, and ping the closer of the discussion, Trialpears -FASTILY 19:47, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

I was under the impression per WP:DRVPURPOSE that DRV is only for articles and files. Valoem ^{talk contrib} 19:53, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

No, DRV may be used for all pages. Regards, FASTILY 19:54, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

I have reviewed my close and believe it to be correct. If there are significantly more links go ahead and recreate as the lack of links was the main argument for merging/deleting. If there aren't significantly more links WP:DRV is the path to get it I deleted as others have said. Please notify me if you choose to go to DRV. ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 21:52, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Yes, there were significantly more links added. There were over 20 links in the re-created template. - Brojam (talk) 05:04, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

If that's the case I doubt it's substantially identical as required for G4. If some kind admin could give me a copy of both deleted versions that would be appreciated. Thanks! ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 11:29, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

ANI

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Spectrum {{UV}} 2604:2000:8FC0:4:68BA:3B32:8613:8B6D (talk) 04:12, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Procedural only, I did not initiate the thread, but I have commented on it, please see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Admins are blocking editors who are making April jokes. Spectrum {{UV}} 2604:2000:8FC0:4:68BA:3B32:8613:8B6D (talk) 04:12, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Blocking editors for April jokes

Hi, you have blocked an editor without sending a warning to them. Your block seems unjust. I have opened an WP:ANI discussion.--SharʿabSalam▼ (talk) 04:36, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Oh yes, and I'd do it again. April Fool's is not an excuse for vandalizing Wikipedia. -FASTILY 04:39, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

@SharabSalam: Just for the record, the user was given a 4th level warning earlier, albeit easy to miss as it was blanked. I think that was too high an immediate escalation myself, but the block was within policy, do I think it was vandalism, no, but there is a solid argument for WP:DE being applicable. Spectrum {{UV}} 2604:2000:8FC0:4:68BA:3B32:8613:8B6D (talk) 04:42, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

IP, the IP was given the fourth level warning in the first time by CLCStudent. Then Materialscientist told the IP that his edits were not vandalism. Then this editor blocked the IP. This editor should have looked at the history page. No level one, two or three was given to the IP. It was just level 4.--SharʿabSalam▼ (talk) 04:50, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

@SharabSalam: I agree they should not have been given an immediate 4th level warning, I also agree that the subsequent discussion at AIV muddied the waters enough, where a rewarning should have been issued even if the level4im was appropriate. However, it is within admin discretion as to when to honor warnings that start from higher than 1st level, and to assign various degrees of weight to intervening discussions. I think that discretion should have been used in this case to initiate a talk page conversation, however I also make it clear that is an individual assessment, not one dictated by policy. Spectrum {{UV}} 2604:2000:8FC0:4:68BA:3B32:8613:8B6D (talk) 04:58, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

creating an article for someone

Hello Fastly,

I am currently, creating an article for someone. However it always deleted, I have checked that it has not violate any policies, but I do also need your guide on which part was wrong when creating the deleted article. Thanks Tan Sri Dato Dr Palan (talk) 02:01, 2 April 2020 (UTC)Tan Sri Palan

Hi Tan Sri Dato Dr Palan. You may not use Wikipedia for promotion/advertising purposes. Repeat violators will be blocked from editing -FASTILY 03:17, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Leon PolK Smith Image

Hi Fastly--I guess you were doing the follow up on my Leon Polk Smith Image? I am a new editor on Wikipedia, trying to get some meaningful work done on mid 20th century artists--all of whom have copyright issues with their work. I started working on Leon Polk Smith's page to try to work through Wikipedia's copyright policy.

My first upload of the image should most likely be deleted. It conforms to fair use in spirit, but I didn't cut the pixels down before I uploaded it. The second, considerably smaller image with the similar name is the one that I feel better conforms to Wikipedia's fair use policies.

If you have any further advice as to appropriate language or formating, I would appreciate it. In the meantime--I was just expecting a bot to robo-delete that first copy.

Hope this is useful clarification as to my intent. Sicklemoon (talk) 01:34, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Sicklemoon. Yes, we have a bot that automatically removes old versions of non-free files, so no further action is required on your end. However, the the file is currently unused on Wikipedia, meaning it will be deleted soon if not placed in an article. If you do decide to use it in an article, please ensure that the Non-free content criteria are satisfied, otherwise it will be removed (and subsequently deleted). Regards, FASTILY 20:08, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

re File:Paul Pholeros, SUST cropped.jpg

This got orphaned because someone replaced it with another, which has been deleted. I restored the image to the article, so I don't think it is eligible for PROD. Mangoe (talk) 01:30, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Prod question

Hi -- you prodded File:VisualEditorTableCopyBugScreenshot.jpg, which I have no particular objection to deleting, but it is used in this old discussion. I don't do a lot of work with deletion of internal documentation images like this, so I wanted to ask: is that old use in an archived discussion the sort of thing that requires us to keep an image? I can't imagine anyone actually wanted to check what the status of an old bug was, and they could use Phabricator even if they did, but technically that image is in use in a page, so I thought I'd check. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 14:47, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Per a note on my talk page I've decided to remove the prod as it was used in the discussion. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 15:14, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Hey Fastily, I didn't want to interfere or step on your toes but personally I prefer old images to be kept when used in old discussions hence my message to Mike, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 15:29, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Mike and Davey, thanks for letting me know. I usually check for talk links, but I must have missed them. Regards, FASTILY 21:06, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Seems like MTC isn't working for me :(

It doesn't tag the files after transferring them to commons.--Hippymoose17 (talk) 17:37, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Hippymoose17. I'm looking into releasing an update to MTC. It's been awhile since the last one (2017), so hopefully this should resolve some of the issues you're experiencing. Best, FASTILY 20:08, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

When will that update come out?--Hippymoose17 21:02, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Hopefully sometime within the next few weeks. My plate's a bit full at the moment and I'm not sure how long assembling a new release would take. -FASTILY 21:08, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Deletion review for Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2020 March 27#NSYNC single covers

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2020 March 27#NSYNC single covers. 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. — Angryjoe1111 (talk) 00:42, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Review first draft

Hello please review first draft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Ilham_Nagiyev

İ have already deleted second draft MrTaghizade (talk) 19:24, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Marked for deletion

Hi there

Please could I ask you to review the draft for "Jonty Stander" you marked for deletion, I have added multiple references and would appreciate you removing the mark for deletion or possibly giving more advice on what you think it still needs.

Respectfully yours Jonty Stander — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jontystander (talk • contribs) 00:41, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Again

Per User talk:Fastily/Archive_6#Images of South Australian politicians - how many times do we have to go through this? Are you going to individually tag every single presently unused image in this group for the funsies of being reverted? You're welcome to transfer them to Commons if you'd rather, but repeatedly tagging them is wasting your and my time. Incidentally, you cannot possibly reasonably conclude that there's "no obvious use" when you're tagging ten or more images per minute - the speed makes it clear that it's something you haven't remotely considered when you tag these images and you're claiming otherwise to tick a deletion box that'd be unjustified if you did. The Drover's Wife (talk) 02:42, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Oh right, I was planning a batch transfer but never got around to it. I use a script to tag files, following a manual review which takes upwards of an hour each day. I wish it took minutes like you've claimed, that would be nice. -FASTILY 05:32, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Template: f/

Hey, I see your big note above but WP:REFUND says to contact the administrator if you believe the deletion was improper, so I'm doing that as well. You deleted Template:f/ and associated pages while the template is still in use in articles. See for example f-number, where the lead paragraph now contains a broken template call. You did not provide any valid explanation for the deletion, and as far as I can tell no notice. Please reverse your improper deletion.

Deletion log 02:49 Fastily talk contribs deleted page Template talk:F/ ‎(G8: Talk page of deleted page "Template:F/" (TW))
Deletion log 02:49 Fastily talk contribs deleted page Template:F/ ‎(G8: Component or documentation of a deleted template (TW))
Deletion log 02:49 Fastily talk contribs deleted page Template:F/2 ‎(G8: Component or documentation of a deleted template (TW))
Deletion log 02:49 Fastily talk contribs deleted page Template:F/m ‎(G8: Component or documentation of a deleted template (TW))

Looking at this further, I think I see your mistake: you seem to have assumed that Template:f/ was a component of some other template (perhaps Template:f?) It is not; it is a stand-alone template for f-number notations. --Srleffler (talk) 14:09, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

I support User:Srleffler. Either we need an alternative solution or we have to restore the original one. At least there is a need to clean up the articles which using this Template. --GodeNehler (talk) 14:36, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

File:South_Face_Puntiagudo_Photo_DAV.jpg

Dear Fastily:

We are member of the DAV who are the owners of the picture and that is the reason why we use South_Face_Puntiagudo_Photo_DAV.jpg for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Hermann_Hess_Helfenstein with the credit "Volcán Puntiagudo, Chile Foto:www.dav.cl" and not https://www.facebook.com/mountainchile/photos/a.1067241290052410/1149151778528027/?type=3&theater (they put Volcán Puntiagudo, Chile. Foto: www.dav.cl at our request too).

Please, correct the mistake ASAP. .

Thanks for understanding und support.

Regards, Dr. Ing. Roland Hess (MBA)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ciete007 (talk • contribs) 20:41, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Ciete007. If you are the copyright holder or have been authorized to upload this file, then follow this procedure to get the file restored. -FASTILY 06:40, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Fastily:

Please, ¿Could you add the tag {{PD-self}} in File:South_Face_Puntiagudo_Photo_DAV.jpg for us? I will appreciate your help.

Regards, Ciete007

No can do. I've already instructed you to follow WP:DCP. Please do that now, thanks. -FASTILY 02:44, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Draft:The A Girl

Can you restore this, please? It wasn't abandoned, I'm just waiting for developments to occur in order to update it. Amaury • 21:48, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Done – as a draft that was deleted under CSD G13, the page has been restored upon request. However, the draft namespace, though it is intended to provide some breathing room to create and develop a page without the time pressure of immediate review, is not for the indefinite hosting of material that is unsuitable for inclusion in the article mainspace. Please continue to work on the draft so that it meets Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for inclusion and then submit it for review—at the least, prior to another six months elapsing. When you are ready, a review can be requested by placing this code at the top of the page and then saving: {{subst:submit}}. -FASTILY 01:13, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Manufactured Museum of Digital Art

Thanks for deleting the above page. I saw you said it was G7, but did you see the recent post at COIN? Manufactured Museum of Digital Art was bordering on a hoax, as it was specially created for promotional reasons. Some administrative nosing around would be welcome. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 01:05, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Please ignore the above, as it is all taken care of.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 02:45, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

File:HawkeShip.jpg

File:HawkeShip.jpg is used on Sea Scouts New Zealand --Bduke (talk) 01:44, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Bduke. You're probably thinking of its scaled up duplicate, File:HawkeSeaScoutHall-TheShip.jpg -FASTILY 03:20, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Sidhira Johnson /sandbox

Hello Fastily. I noticed that you deleted the wiki page Sidhira Johnson/sandbox, is there any way that you could give us back that page because it was just a draft for a school project? We never intended to actually publish the page, it was just for a grade for an English class. Please let me know as soon as possible if there is any way we can at least get the information back off the page? Thank you for your time Ehoke5 (talk) 23:06, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

As the instructor I would add that these students were not using Wikipedia as a "web host." They were using the sandbox page to learn how Wikipedia pages are written and edited. They may not have been writing a Wikipedia article per se, but they were learning how Wikipedia works. Loadedonloaded (talk) 00:11, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Loadedonloaded. Here is a copy of the deleted text: [96]. Please advise your students that Wikipedia user pages may not be used for storage of content unrelated to Wikipedia (particularly content which will never be published as a legitimate article). Thank you, FASTILY 07:30, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you Thank you Thank you

Well - that was a few minutes of your time I wasted. I appreciate your executing of the Speedy Deletion! Have a great day (or night, wherever you may be). Jmg38 (talk) 19:40, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Bot advise

Hi Fastily. It's been a long time since our paths have crossed because I have been doing more on the commons and OTRS (where I see you are an agent too), but you are no longer an admin there. So as you have some bots running I presume you know how to set them up. Well on the commons c:User:Magog the Ogre has been running c:User:OgreBot, specifically his "Daily gallery updater" which many people find very useful but he recently stopped editing and turned off OgreBot. I have asked him if he would turn it on again but he has not agreed to that right now, and might not even do so. He told me I could find "The source code is here: https://bitbucket.org/MagogTheOgre/ogrebot/src/master/ . If you download it and spend some time, you should be able to figure things out. You'll need to set up a properties file with passwords and create a few directories." I personally have no idea about it hence my asking you for advise. Can you assist, or is this even something you would do? Thanks in advance. ww2censor (talk) 15:34, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Ww2censor. Aside from file imports and the occasional DR, I'm not heavily involved (and would prefer to keep it that way) in day-to-day Commons activities. I'd suggest asking an active bot-op on Commons if they'd be willing to take over the task. If nobody expresses interest, then feel free to ping me again, and I'll look into building a toolforge: service for this. My to-do list is a bit long at the moment, so I can't promise I'll get around to it immediately, but I'll do my best. Regards, FASTILY 22:12, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. Let's see if I can find someone or if the bot will be turned on again. I have asked him if he will do that. ww2censor (talk) 09:46, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Magog restarted his OgreBot today, so maybe all is well for now. ww2censor (talk) 11:50, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Glad to hear it, hopefully it stays that way! -FASTILY 01:28, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Ilham Nagiyev

Hello, Deleted second draft moved all information to to first draft. can you please review? thanks in advance! MrTaghizade (talk) 04:13, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Fastily can you please answer me?

I don't review drafts. I see you're submitted it for review. We have a small team of reviewers who are working through the queue; please be patient and wait your turn. Thanks, FASTILY 01:28, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

IP 124.199.33.26

Hi Fastily. This IP account has been tagging files with {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} even though in many cases the files are licensed as non-free. I'm not sure whether this is being done in good faith by someone who's just not aware of WP:MTC and c:COM:FAIR and thinks the files should be free or whether it's someone just messing around. I reverted some of the edits and perhaps there are bots which will catch the rest, but I'm wondering if you'd mind taking a close look at things. FWIW, some of the other edits made by this IP don't seem to be problems; so, I'm guessing it's just someone who means well but just isn't aware that Commons doesn't accept non-free content. -- Marchjuly (talk) 09:07, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. FastilyBot automatically removes {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} from files which aren't eligible for Commons. I believe non-free files are already blacklisted; I'll update the bot's code if this turns out not to be the case. Regards, FASTILY 07:30, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for checking on this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:15, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Eight years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:39, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

Reason for page deletion

I was interested in drafting an article titled "Ethan Nestor (CrankGameplays)" and was alerted to the fact that a page with the same title has recently been deleted by yourself citing reason G8. I would just like to possibly get more information as to why it was deleted, to ensure I don't make the same mistake. Thanks, Brad BradJay (talk) 22:08, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

@BradJay: The page was deleted because it was a redirect to an article that didn't exist. Before it was in that state, however, it was a drafted article that failed to prove notability. To avoid that mistake, I recommend this guide I wrote on how to write articles that won't be rejected. The main thing is to get three or more professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources that are not dependent upon, affiliated with, or connected to Ethan Nestor (or Markiplier, either); but still specifically and primarily about Nestor (so a source about YouTube or Markiplier that only mentions Nestor is no good). Then, summarize them and paraphrase that whole summary. Post just that distilled proof-of-notability (with citations) and nothing else to avoid cluttering it. All other issues, such as formatting, additional details from minor sources, whatever, can be fixed after it's approved. Ian.thomson (talk) 22:37, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

[2020 Knoxville stabbing

Hi, I noticed that you just deleted 2020 Knoxville stabbing, but that haven't updated the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2020 Knoxville stabbing page. Is that something a bot will do shortly? Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 01:36, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Wow!

How did you delete all those pages I nominated in under a minute? That had to have been around 25 pages, I suppose you really do live up to your username! TheAwesomeHwyh 17:36, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi TheAwesomeHwyh. Glad I could help! I had a little bit of help myself :) -FASTILY 22:30, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

​Oh that's neat, I use Twinkle to tag pages for deletion- I didn't realize admins could use it to delete them too! TheAwesomeHwyh 15:53, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

U5: Deleted Article (sportsbet.io)

Hi,

I wrote this article as it was WP:RED on under "Kit Manufacturers and Sponsors" on the Watford F.C. article. Other users have flagged a sportsbet.io article to be created and hence I made one. I am wanting to raise awareness for sponsorship in the Premier League so fans know where their teams finances are coming from. There are plenty of articles for online casinos such as 32red and other smaller gambling related companies that are published. I am hoping other users will improve the stub and expand it once it is published.

Kind Regards,

Hi Class825. Please refrain from using your user pages to promote your business/service. Repeat violators will be blocked from editing. Please use the Article wizard to create a new article. Thanks, FASTILY 22:48, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Barnstar!

		The Anti-Spam Barnstar
		Thanks for your ongoing help with deleting the (mostly spam) pages that I've been tagging! TheAwesomeHwyh 16:28, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! :) -FASTILY 22:48, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Block

Hi Fastily. Would you please consider a block for TheKasirai19? They have recreated a G11/U5 sandbox page again for the fifth time (which you yourself deleted multiple times). They show no intention to follow the notices/warnings given. Thanks. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 17:55, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Drm310. They were blocked by Materialscientist. Admittedly I don't use the block button much these days, I'd rather let the admins specializing in counter-vandalism call the shots :) -FASTILY 22:48, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

File:Galerie Chalette 1966 Robert Jacobsen Exhibition Catalogue.jpg

Hola, Fastily-- I wanted to clarify these two files which have been clinging around these past couple weeks. I'm a (relatively) new editor, and I have... unfortunately chosen to try to work on late 20th century painters, sculptors, and the (period) galleries that represented them in the 1950s and 1960s. I am trying to both conform to WP copyright policy and give these artists some sort of historical context, let alone visual representation of their artwork and graphics.

I'm still working my way through the WP policy.

The image in question was uploaded in error. It represents the cover of a book (aka gallery catalogue) that is in a 1950s-60s style developed at Galerie Chalette. I... reuploaded the image in a smaller size--because the point is to give some sense of the period design, which can be done with a smaller image. The two files have similar names, because I am very literal in how I name my files in the hopes that it makes them easy to identify.

The second image is File:Galerie Chalette 1966 Robert Jacobsen Exhibition Catalog.jpg. Missing the "ue" from the end of the word catalogue. It's a smaller image.

I have been talking to a number of administrators as I have been working, trying to stay within, and better understand, WP fair use parameters. Writing about mid to late 20th c. Art and Artists and Art Galleries is not easy, as the bulk of the visual supporting material remains under copyright. This has led to a general avoidance of developing quality articles on these subjects. While I respect these elderly and dead artists' estates (where such exist) copyright, I also feel it will not be possible to broaden either appreciation or understanding of their work without some minimal visual representation of the work and context in which that work was produced.

I am still learning the limits of what is acceptable vs. unacceptable here and the process by which those limits are imposed. With the Galerie Chalette, I have been going through a series of conversations with administrators attempting to contextualize my useage for each image. As a newcomer, I had not yet learned what a gallery is for, for example, or how much text is necessary to justify use of an image as not being "decorative," a word that I have seen referred to on a number of talk or discussion pages.

In any case, this post to you is to explain the two images. I was... waiting for the larger one, which is an orphan, to be deleted. Is there a way I could take care of that myself? --Katya Sicklemoon (talk) 21:29, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Sicklemoon. These designs are too simple to be copyrighted, so there's no need to worry about fair use. I've deleted the smaller version and transferred the larger copy to Commons. Regards, FASTILY 22:48, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Okay, that's great, I'll do some reconstruction work. Just wanted to touch base to let you know I wasn't trying to double post to get around limits &c. Given that I am dealing with topics that involve a tricky time-period insofar as copyright is concerned, I want to be clear with my intentions. My goal is to create stable pages that give good information and can be easily built up over time. But I suspect you will see pages/images from me coming through the bot screens while I develop my style here. Thanks for having a look. --K Sicklemoon (talk) 01:32, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Closing discussion but deleted discussion?

As I was watching it, I found it strange that your closing this discussion removed nearly 9000 bytes, so I checked and it looks like instead of archiving it, you deleted it. I don't know if this is typical in AfDs or not, so I thought I'd ask. Kingsif (talk) 03:42, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

HI Kingsif. The discussion was not closed, I have simply re-listed it: Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2020 April 22#File:Envy Adams performance Scott Pilgrim vs. the World image.png -FASTILY 03:50, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Userpage

Wow, really, such a great welcome experience.
So the first link ask me to "Click to create your user page".
Second page give me the following instructions: "Your user page has a name like this: User:Example. (This link is to yours.) Its normal use is to give basic information, if you wish, about yourself"
I put 3 lines. Who I am and what my area of expertise.
Page get deleted and I have a notice that "User pages may not be used for advertising/promotion, blogging, and content unrelated to Wikipedia. Repeat violators will be blocked from editing."

Nice to meet you too by the way. Is there a point to tell people to create their userpage with information about them? Legitimate question.

Edits like this and this indicate to us that you are intending to use Wikipedia to promote your business/product. And in case it wasn't obvious, that is not a legitimate use of Wikipedia. If you're not here to a) improve articles where you have no conflict of interest and b) be a contributing member of our community, then why do you need a user page? -FASTILY 06:40, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Great that you presume intent but edit like theses show that I refrain of editing a page where I have a conflict of interest and rather keep myself to the talk page. Not only this is what you should encourage but that's exactly what you advise in the policy. Now you block people based on actual contribution or your personal instinct? After 12 years in a field, I do consider myself an expert and that was pretty clear in my user page of what was my intent.

Page protection of Ludwig van Beethoven

Hi. A friend of mine pointed out today that Ludwig van Beethoven has been semi-protected since 2010. Can we please reduce protection now? Thank you! --MZMcBride (talk) 22:49, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi MZMcBride. Sure,  Done -FASTILY 03:48, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

NFCC enforcement tool

Hi. Is there a tool or report that lets me view articles sorted by non-free file count? I want to be able to quickly find articles with an excessive number of non-free images (like Rogue (Marvel Comics), with eight non-free files) so that I can concentrate on those in my enforcement efforts. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 05:22, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi The Squirrel Conspiracy. There absolutely is: toolforge:betacommand-dev/reports/pages with excessive nfcc.html. Betacommand also has a ton of file-related reports that you might be interested in (all of which are still actively updated) -FASTILY 07:28, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. By the way, I queued up ~100 files for you to zap in Category:Wikipedia_files_reviewed_on_Wikimedia_Commons but oh my god is it a mind-numbing task. It's going to take me a while to work up the drive to review more. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 01:01, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

File:The Weeknd - After Hours (Remixes).jpg

Hello. The image isn't yet deleted as supposed per FFD discussion. George Ho (talk) 21:36, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi George Ho. This was inappropriately re-uploaded. I've re-deleted the file and warned the uploader. Thanks for letting me know. -FASTILY 22:40, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Obviously copyright violation

File:Ufc 249.jpg What can be done to this image for copyright violation? Regice2020 (talk) 20:03, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Regice2020. It's been nominated for deletion on Commons, an administrator there should delete it shortly. -FASTILY 21:19, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Robin Bernheim

Forgive me if I am doing this the wrong way. I just discovered that Robin Bernheim's Wikipedia page has been deleted. She is a prominent television writer/producer with credits that include STAR TREK VOYAGER, QUANTUM LEAP, WHEN CALLS THE HEART, MYSTERY 101 and REMINGTON STEELE. In fact, one of her STAR TREK VOYAGER episodes was spotlighted two weeks ago by the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER as a modern classic (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/forgotten-star-trek-voyager-episode-worth-revisiting-1290700) and her movie PRINCESS SWITCH is one of the highest rated in Netflix history. She surely is prominent enough to deserve a Wikipedia listing and I can't understand why her page was deleted. Please restore the page. Thank you!

Nickstryker (talk) 05:23, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Deletion of previous file version/s

Good day Fastily! I have two deletion requests that involve old file revisions that I felt cannot be easily discussed at WP:FFD (I somehow felt FFD is suitable for current revisions of files):

1. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/4/47/20060724153908%21AndrewHallLocation.png at File:AndrewHallLocation.png, so that I can move this file (via File Ex/Importer) to Commons without the trace of a previous-version file that is marked as "fair use."
2. All previous revisions of File:ERSC Location.png - the current file cannot be transferred because of technicality. Thanks! JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 05:26, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi JWilz12345:

1. I've split the revisions of File:AndrewHallLocation.png into File:AndrewHallLocation 1.png. File:AndrewHallLocation.png is safe to transfer now.
2. I have deleted the file; the untransferable old revisions appear to be corrupt and are therefore of little value.

Hope that helps. -FASTILY 07:52, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Fastily! stay safe and healthy in the midst of this global health crisis :-D JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 08:21, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Talkpage

Hey Fastily, My sincerely apologies could you undelete Talk:EastEnders/Archive 3 as I forgot to remove the CSD tag, I did originally move the contents to Archive 1 however the auto-archiving bot moved everything from the talkpage to Arc 2 and 3 respectively,
Many thanks, Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 22:28, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Davey2010. Sure, undeleted. Regards, FASTILY 22:30, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

HElping Reach MANy through Direct Assistance in Development

I just discovered that you and "Pjarkur" moved this page to Draft. I'm not sure what that means. Also in his comments he has "COI, very promotional". What does COI mean and how do I fix the article? I asked him also.Robert Adamski (talk) 15:35, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Robert Adamski. See here. Thanks, FASTILY 01:11, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

Harliss Greer

He actually appeared earlier than that, around 1939 or so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Glammazon (talk • contribs) 13:27, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

A Dobos torte for you!

The joy of all things (talk) has given you a Dobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it. To give a Dobos torte and spread the WikiLove, just place {{subst:Dobos Torte}} on someone else's talkpage, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

Thanks for sorting out the User:Kettleness debacle. Regards. The joy of all things (talk) 20:06, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! Glad I could help :) -FASTILY 06:15, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Curation problems

Hi, wondering if I can get some advice on what to do with pages that have already been sent to draftspace and are then recreated in mainspace. This scenrio has cropped up a couple of times in the past few days. Today's was Psevdas Community Stadium which is already in draft (although the user has blanked the page). Can this be nominated for speedy deletion or is it better to propose it for deletion? I can't find any policy guidance and thought I'd ask you instead. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 13:03, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Hughesdarren. Admins can history merge recreated pages back into the original draft if necessary. But if the page in question violates policy, then you should be nominating it for speedy deletion, AfD, or Prod. Articles should only be moved to the draft space if you are confident they are salvageable. Regards, FASTILY 00:54, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Template:Uw-ewsoft

Hi, I just discovered that you deleted Template:Uw-ewsoft only 3 days ago when I tried to use it to warn an IP user with few edits about edit warring. I generally use it to avoid biting newbies, which is strongly discouraged. I've not done many deletion review requests, and I'm not sure what's the best avenue to see about getting this restored. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 05:49, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Also, I know it was the result of the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2020 April 29#Template:Uw-3rr-alt. I meant to add that before. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 05:53, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi BilCat. The forum you're looking for is Wikipedia:Deletion review. Regards, FASTILY 06:15, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 06:20, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

WP:DRV recommends that I discuss this with closer first. Is the above sufficient, or should I present more of my rationale here? Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 06:25, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Given that others participated in the discussion, I think it would be inappropriate for me to continue taking administrative actions on this matter. To ensure that the outcome is fair, an appeal should be decided by another admin (hence my suggestion to use WP:DRV). Regards, FASTILY 06:52, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

No problem. I just wanted to make sure that I had satisfied the requirement to discuss it with you, and wasn't making an unwarranted assumption that the initial comments were sufficient. - BilCat (talk) 06:57, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

One more thing: Could you provide me with the text of the deleted warning? I can't remember where I've used it before, and I want to make sure the wording is sufficiently softer than the stronger warning's wordings before making an appeal on that basis. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 07:02, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Sure, the text at time of deletion: [97] -FASTILY 07:42, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks again. - BilCat (talk) 09:00, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

BilCat, I've created a DRV at Wikipedia:Deletion_review#Template:Uw-ewsoft as I came here to ask the same. Galobtter (pingó mió) 05:43, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! Will comment there. - BilCat (talk) 05:47, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Mulling over RfC, would like advice

Greetings. I'm mulling over starting an RfC about treating files that use {{Do not move to Commons}} as non-free, or quasi non-free. My thoughts are at User talk:The Squirrel Conspiracy/sandbox. As one of the mainstays of the file namespace, I would appreciate your thoughts on the matter before I go any further. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 21:42, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

By the way, I also looped in Jo-Jo. If there's anyone else you think I should loop in, let me know. Thanks! The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 21:46, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

User:Yestestexamplesock

Is there any reason to leave the talk page live? ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 15:38, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, please salt deleted page

Hey, thanks Fastily for deleting these many misused User pages I've been nominating. I dont recall the problem being so bad until recently.

The page User:Soumya Deyasi 2004 was apparently recreated with the same content, so you may want to salt it if you havent already. Thanks again, and cheers! Jusdafax (talk) 07:27, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Jusdafax. I've issued the user a warning. If they insist on re-creating the page, let me know and I'll block them -FASTILY 07:38, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. I just did what I should have done in the first place before posting here, read WP:SALT, which I thought I understood from my last reading years ago. Quite right, and thanks again! Jusdafax (talk) 22:31, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	This may sound weird, but you have the best signature I've ever seen here! TheImaCow (talk) 15:06, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! :) -FASTILY 05:45, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Unused low res images

Hi Fastily,

I have recently declined a large number of your image prods. In my opinion, files that were once used in articles should be kept to preserve the integrity of the page history. I suggest that you do not nominate any more without first bottoming out the issue in a discussion somewhere. SpinningSpark 10:15, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Spinningspark. Per WP:NOTWEBHOST, bullet 2, unused files are eligible for deletion. I'm also curious how you determined whether the file(s) you untagged were previously used in page history. As far as I can tell, the majority of these were never used for anything. -FASTILY 03:52, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Request speedy poster delete

@Fastily: File:UFC Fight Night- Smith v Teixeira.jpeg - G7 - Author deletion request. I realize the source was from a person in charge of UFC (not reliable source) rather than usual UFC source. Regice2020 (talk) 22:57, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Regice2020.  Done -FASTILY 03:52, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Requesting reasons for a U5 deletion

Good afternoon I received a notification late last night that a page associated with my company, Frog Bikes, is being deleted. Could you please explain why this is the case? It is not a page that I have any control of, nobody in my company has contributed to it nor amended it for many years (in fact when I spoke to our digital marketer earlier, she didn't know there was a Wiki page on Frog Bikes) so we are not using it as a web host, nor for advertising or promotion. I believe it has been edited last in February by a couple of editors, I don't know who they are. The information on the page is factually accurate and informative to the general public, without being in any way promotional. I look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.139.169.215 (talk) 12:30, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi. Your statement strikes me as odd. Frog Bikes exists, and I have never made any edits to the page. Perhaps you could link the user page in question? Did you receive a notification from Wikipedia? If so, then it could mean someone employed by and/or affiliated with your company has been editing Wikipedia. Looking forward to your response. -FASTILY 23:46, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

User page rules have conflicting info

My user page was U5'd, which I have no problem with, but did want to clarify the rules. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages#What_may_I_have_in_my_user_pages? states "For example: a five page résumé and advertising for your band will probably be too much, a brief three sentence summary that you work in field X and have a band named Y will be fine." Given that 2 sentence summaries are being deleted, I think it's worth updating the User page doc with more up-to-date rules, so other new users don't make the same mistake. Thanks! Neilgupta (talk) 01:00, 16 May 2020 (UTC) Neil

@Neilgupta: You linked to two personal websites, one of which was a business venture. Between that and having very little history to demonstrate that you're here to help the encyclopedia and not promote your career, that's why the page was (IMO rightfully) deleted. Ian.thomson (talk) 01:04, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Yup, that's totally fair! To be clear, my goal wasn't self-promotion. I made an account to fix a broken link in an article, saw my name was in red, so I read the user page docs and wrote a 2 sentence summary for it, based on what I thought was appropriate. I don't think a wikipedia user page has any value as a promotion channel (are they even indexed?) and am on board with the decision to delete it. My only reason for posting this is to suggest that the user page doc I linked above should be updated to remove/clarify the section I quoted. Neilgupta (talk) 02:45, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	For processing my requests for speedy deletion of unused MediaWiki messages. * Pppery * it has begun... 04:12, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! Glad I could help :) -FASTILY 08:34, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Category:African Minifootball Cup

Hi, the Category:African Minifootball Cup page was removed because the page African Minifootball Cup was moved to a draft page. Now this page is restaured after my request of recreation. Hope to see this category page. Best regards. --Fayçal.09 (talk) 11:38, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Renaissance Workshop Company

At the end, everything about the Renaissance Workshop Company has been removed in favour of the Early Music Shop in Saltaire. As usual.

Fortunately, the truth will keep being the truth independently what is stated in the wikipedia.

Kind regards 81.34.79.85 (talk) 20:52, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

You G11ed it in 2009 [98], in case you're wondering why you were one of the many users blessed with this message. ~ mazca ^talk 00:07, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Page to delete

Hi, just want to tell you that you can delete this page (G8), it's protected and I can't CSD tag it. TheImaCow (talk) 13:47, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

@TheImaCow: AnomieBOT III will delete that redirect in about 2 hours if no human gets to it. This report is not necessary. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 13:55, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

@Pppery: Ok, thanks. good to know. --TheImaCow (talk) 13:56, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Actually, it looks like the bot won't delete it because it is linked to by too many pages. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 00:24, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The No Spam Barnstar
	There's nothing faster than fastily fast. :) —moonythedwarf (Braden N.) 05:04, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! :) -FASTILY 22:55, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Challenge a U5 Deletion of My User Page

I would like to challenge a U5 deletion of my user page. My user page contained material which is kept because the contents are considered humorous. They are not intended, nor should they be used, for any research or serious use. Paul I Spheniscidae (talk) 07:09, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Please see your talk page. Thanks, FASTILY 22:55, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Deletion review for Lil Foaf

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Lil Foaf. 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. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 17:41, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Kamil Tolon

Hi, could you please check this page. It is from Turkish Wikipedia--Yiğitcank (talk) 18:42, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

deleting Aleksey Vagov

Mr. Fastily, would you please tell me why did you delete my article- when it has been re-submitted and is awaiting a review? Ppt2003 (talk) 13:06, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Ppt2003. The page was never deleted: Draft:Aleksey Vagov -FASTILY 05:33, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For quick resolution of R2 redirects ~Amkgp ✉ 14:25, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, Amkgp! :) -FASTILY 02:28, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Larry Gadon Article

Good day!

Why the page has been deleted? The user who nominated the article to speedy deletion did not respond to my replies. I firmly believe that the page is free from bias and neutral in nature. It does not promote also specific things or person. The subject, Larry Gadon, is a known personality or said to be a public figure already here in the country of Philippines. It has been cited by 20 citations come from different independent sources and multimedia platforms. Please review again. I am hoping for the recovery of the page.

Thank you and God bless! Jsnueva1022 (talk) 16:11, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Jsnueva1022. I'd suggest asking the deleting admin, @Anthony Bradbury, but I can see you've not only already done that, but also received a response. -FASTILY 02:28, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

G3 question

Hi Fastily, I am trying to discern G3 criteria and it's just not clear to me. Would Draft:List of deceased dogs who ate grass in life be considered vandalism? Any guidance is appreciated. S0091 (talk) 19:07, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi S0091. Yes, it would be. Regards, FASTILY 02:28, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! S0091 (talk) 16:28, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Cultural depictions of Slobodan Milošević

Hello. I noticed that you deleted Cultural depictions of Slobodan Milošević, I guess the user who made category made some mistakes, but would you mind if I make another Cultural depictions of Slobodan Milošević?

Hi DZEI3101. Sure, that's fine. -FASTILY 22:46, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Delete previous file version

Good day Fastily! Similar to this request that I made before, may I request for the deletion of the old version of File:Queisa.png? I can't import the file to Commons due to a technical error. Thank you and keep safe and healthy! JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 08:42, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi JWilz12345. Sure,  Done. Regards, FASTILY 01:01, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Suppressed revisions

I believe the following file (File:Anti-Nazi boycott of 1933 matchbook cover.jpg) is below the threshold of originality. If you agree, would you mind restoring the previous revisions so that it can be transferred to commons? Thanks in advance. buidhe 05:22, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Buidhe. Sure,  Done. Regards, FASTILY 05:44, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Restoring deleted file

Hello. I am asking that you please restore File:Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse) dual posters.jpg. You provided no reason for your decision to delete, when the only commenters were myself (Keep) and another (Delete), and I find their claim that this was in violation of NFCC 3a incorrect. As there are no other pieces of non-free media in the article, I don't see how the 2 official posters for the event, created as one image and reduced in size, fails this, especially when there is critical commentary regarding the distinction between the two in Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse)#Marketing, that the original nominator failed to account for. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 15:50, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Favre1fan93. I believe I meant to re-list that. I'll fix that in a moment, thanks for letting me know. Regards, FASTILY 01:01, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 18:34, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

FFD relistings

Hi, can you please explain why these two discussion were relisted: 1, 2. I see four and three justified rationales to keep and one to delete, in the two cases. For what reason are these not "keep" or "no consensus to delete"? The discussions have been open for two months on two highly visible pages, one of which has passed GA. Thanks. — Bilorv (talk) 07:37, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Bilorv. I disagree with your assessment. I see few policy-based !votes in either of those discussions, which is precisely why these discussions have been "open for two months on two highly visible pages". No sane admin is going to close FfD discussions (which have legal implications) without policy-based consensus first. -FASTILY 20:21, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Question

I do not believe anyone asked this. Is it possible restrict a poster to 1 article on Wikipedia only? Regice2020 (talk) 21:22, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Regice2020. I'm not sure what you mean by that. Could you please clarify? -FASTILY 02:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Image:BlackRomanticInstalation.jpg

Sorry to bug you, but could you please review the copyright status of this file? It has been flagged for speedy deletion as an unfree copyvio since the 7th of May, and the additional dated image deletion tag expired on the 11th. Thank you, Passengerpigeon (talk) 05:00, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Passengerpigeon. I've deleted the file. Regards, FASTILY 02:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Category:Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine alumni

Could you please restore the category? --evrik ^(talk) 14:18, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi evrik.  Done -FASTILY 02:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of User:Gentlebukan

Please reconsider your speedy deletion of that userpage. I don't see anything on that userpage that may qualify for any of Wikipedia's CSD. Thanks, Pandakekok9 (talk) 07:08, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Pandakekok9. I see an attempt at self-promotion/using Wikipedia as a resume. Your comment is bizarre, especially for an editor with over a thousand edits to Wikipedia. Perhaps you could explain why you think this doesn't qualify for CSD? -FASTILY 00:29, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Restoring deleted page

Hello. I noticed that you deleted the DAML page Would be possible to restore the page Digital Asset Modeling Language (DAML)? There is no sign of promotion or non-objective explanation. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andreolf1 (talk • contribs) 11:12, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Andreolf1. I removed a redirect (i.e. not the actual page) to the page you're looking for: Digital Asset Modeling Language. I'd suggest contacting the admin who deleted this page, @MER-C -FASTILY 23:24, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Copyright review

@Fastily:

• File:Kamaru Usman.jpg This image maybe in violation of copyright as user may of corped from a video.
• File:Gianyoungfans.jpg This image maybe in violation of copyright as user may of got the image from social media account.

Regice2020 (talk) 06:42, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Regice2020. These images are both on Commons; I've nominated them for deletion there. Regards, FASTILY 01:01, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

@Fastily: File:Kamaru Usman.jpg Did the deletion discussion complete? Regice2020 (talk) 05:27, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Not yet, looks like the editor just removed the delete tag; I'll revert the removal. -FASTILY 04:17, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

FFD question

Hi Fastily. Do you think File:New York Times, May 24, 2020 cover.jpg and File:NewYorkTimesFrontPage-15Nov2012.jpg should be combined into the same FFD discussion because both discussions are obviously related and impact each other. I didn’t realize that some else was going to start a separate discussion on the PD file when I started the one on the non-free file. — Marchjuly (talk) 11:33, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. It's not a big deal, especially since multiple editors have already commented. The FfD page is so short that I can imagine that a closing admin would be aware of both. Regards, FASTILY 04:17, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look. We've already moved onto a new FFD day; so, things should be OK as you say. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:20, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

Hello - I received a notification that the article I was editing was deleted. I couldn't find a way to save the article without being published. I wonder if it is possible to recover this article and modify. I appreciate all help and guidance you may have so that I can successfully publish my page. I'm no doing advertising or violates any copyrights I'm just trying to write the article for the company. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added

A page with this title has previously been moved or deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deisy.patino1 (talk • contribs) 05:46, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

m:User:COIBot/XWiki/evanstrailers.co.nz

Hi. Looks like you removed the first set of problem editing. Did you want to clean up the new version that are amazingly like the first though from a different user? <boom> — billinghurst sDrewth 12:34, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Hans Tintelnot

Hi, I'm adressing you because you're used to delete my Draft pages. This morning I tranlated Hans Tintelnot from German only to find out when I tried to post it that someone had intervened on this page. The reason why will always be a mystery to me. In the process 6 refs were lost and I don't feel like doing it all over again. Can you please try to retrieve my draft with its 11 references ? Thanks in advance, LouisAlain (talk) 09:15, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi LouisAlain. Sure, here's the text of Draft:Hans Tintelnot before you requested its deletion: [99]. -FASTILY 04:17, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi and thanks for the help. LouisAlain (talk) 13:38, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Page Deleted

To whom it may concern:

I have had extreme difficulty getting a company listed on Wikipedia. I have no idea why and I have taken so much time and effort in reading rules and regulations as well as putting this page together only to get it deleted. Could you please tell me what it is i have done incorrectly? I received an error that I am using Wiki as a webpage? This is incorrect. 07:47, 8 June 2020 Fastily talk contribs deleted page User:Julez202/sandbox/UFO Network (U5: Misuse of Wikipedia as a web host) (thank) --Julez202 (talk) 07:55, 8 June 2020 (UTC). Page Julez202/sandbox/UFO Network

Kind regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Julez202 (talk • contribs) 07:51, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Julez202. Please refrain from using Wikipedia to promote your company and/or services. Repeat offenders will be blocked from editing. Thanks, FASTILY 21:35, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Hey again! I have in no way promoted my business. This is a professional business listing just like Spinnin Records, Armada Music and a few others. I am in no way misusing the system. What is that I have done? I have not bragged, boasted or promoted anything. I have only listed facts. Your assistance would be appreciated!

Req

Hello, I want to request to delete my unused JS page, because I can't add speedy deletion, and the redirect. And if I may ask, can you delete my sandbox too and the redirect too? Thank you. — Labdajiwa (talk) 23:04, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Labdajiwa. Sure,  Done -FASTILY 23:28, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Deletion of page

I am creating a page as for myself. it gets deleted everytime. i use original content and image. i am an upcoming tollywood director. how to resolve this issue.

My latest page got removed because of "U5: Misuse of Wikipedia as a web host".

Also i adhere to Wikipedia's policies and have not developed any content for boosting ads or promotions. it's simple and plain about my movies and family bakground.

Hi Director dilip. You may not use Wikipedia as your personal website, CV, or resume. Please note that repeated violations of this rule will result in loss of your editing privileges. Thanks, FASTILY 23:35, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	It's almost always you who does a U5 deletion when there is one. Along with G13, your really are keeping Wikipedia from being misused as a WebHost. Now keep on doing it. {{reply to|Can I Log In}}'s talk page! 15:54, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! :) -FASTILY 03:58, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Why did you delete it Mikeeke (talk) 09:48, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Probably a silly question

What happens to subpages of deleted user pages? See here from User:GlobalYoungAcademyTeam. There doesnt appear to be any provision in policy for it. Does every page have to be prodded or sent to AFD? Only in death does duty end (talk) 17:40, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Only in death. Userspace subpages are not automatically eligible for speedy deletion even if the root page was deleted, so yes these would need to be individually tagged. Regards, FASTILY 04:37, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

I suspected as much. Discussion is ongoing at AN. Only in death does duty end (talk) 10:37, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

File:Australian Antarctic Medal Reverse.jpeg

Hi. Don’t know if you noticed, but the earlier versions were already flagged for deletion using the Orphaned non-free revisions template to remove all but the current version (which the system will purge on 21 June 2020). If you know how to purge them immediately, let me know. Kangaresearch 10:37, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Regarding Talk:Adventurous City

Would it be possible to look at the other pages created by the same user? Plenty of them look like attempts to avoid the salting; and others seem clearly related to the subject. Thanks, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 13:50, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi RandomCanadian. The account in question has been indefinitely blocked as a sock. Regards, FASTILY 23:23, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Bulk speedy nominations

Please see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#De-tagging bulk speedy nominations and restore the pages in the "User:GlobalYoungAcademyTeam" user-space which you (no doubt in good faith) recently speedily deleted. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:55, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

U5: Misuse of Wikipedia as a web host - Deletion of User Page for Effron White

Hello Fastily,

I'm hoping you can help me with this.

I'm writing a bio on an award-winning singer/songwriter. Wiki says they want these pages. My client, as you probably saw in the citations in the article,has been written up by American Songwriter and other magazines, has been played on radio to good reviews, has songs on compilations of known charities/venues and has 4 CDs out under his own name. He has won numerous awards including the well-known Kerrville "New Folk" award. He shares this honor with fellow winners, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, and many more. Though he isn't Dwight Yoakum or Alan Jackson in the Country field, he is notable in the Folk and Americana genres. So I wasn't using Wikipedia as a blog or an advertisement, only stating facts or reasons he'd been recognized, who recognized him and his current position within the community.

Having said that, I am in process of writing the page. I haven't yet been able to post all of the awards he's been given, including being recognized as the songwriter of a song (Long Haul) that got the airplay that made Charlie Roth's "Broken Ground" CD rise to #6 on the EuroAmericana charts.

I am just learning how to edit these pages and I appreciate any guidance you can give me on it. But please reinstate it so that I can make a record of a person of note in their field.

Like I say, any help you care to give to make it so I'm doing it right, I would greatly appreciate! I've been watching tutorials and that's how I got as far as I got with the creation of the page, but I'm not there yet. I would like to learn how to do it right but I can't do that if the information keeps disappearing off the page.

Hope you can give a new user a break. Every time I've tried to make a Wiki page before, I just got crushed with corrections or deletions before I could actually get the technology down.

Thank you for considering putting the page back up so that i can work to get it right.

Kindest regards, Lauren Blaine for Effron White.Effron White (talk) 05:37, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Lauren. You may not use Wikipedia to promote your client and/or their business/services. Please note that repeat violations of this rule will lead to removal of your editing privileges. Thank you, FASTILY 05:38, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

ip-range-calc

Can you make the tool so each line's input is trimmed? If you have leading or trailing spaces, it won't let you input. --qedk (t 愛 c) 05:19, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi QEDK, good suggestion, I'll get that in for the next release. Best, FASTILY 05:38, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

restore

restore the page Sheila Ford Hamp. It's breaking news of a new female NFL team owner. You created at least 6 red links with moronic process decisions. Let it be crowd sourced. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ConstantPlancks (talk • contribs) 15:56, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Fastily Sheila Ford Hamp did not had enough sources and citations as written to remain published. Draft:Sheila Ford Hamp has been declined once as it failed to meet WP:GNG. Thus , it needs more eyes review before moving to mainspace. Thank you. ~ Amkgp 💬 16:01, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

It had a source. NFL owners are notable. This is moronic processy bullshiat. The community will fill it out in a day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ConstantPlancks (talk • contribs) 16:12, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Village Pump image policy discussion

I know that you do similar work to what I do, trying to clean out old orphaned images that are unlikely to be used again, I thought I'd point you to a new policy discussion at the Village Pump: Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Past images in articles.  ★  Bigr Tex 22:37, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Theo Hirsbrunner

I made a mistake and blanked the above page. Is it possible to restore it ? Thanks in advance. LouisAlain (talk) 14:16, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi LouisAlain.  Done -FASTILY 23:39, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Template-subpage to delete

Hello, can you delete Template:JIS2004font/fonts.css as G8? Unused subpage, parent page (Template:JIS2004font) got deleted. I dont know why, but i cant tag the page with Twinkle. All I get is an error message. --TheImaCow (talk) 14:53, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi TheImaCow. Sure,  Done -FASTILY 23:39, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Thank you for CSDing so many pages! Over 413,000!!! ◊PRAHLADbalaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 17:43, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, Prahlad balaji! :) -FASTILY 23:39, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use

I wanted to personally thank you for replacing my CSD tag with a replaceable fair use tag on File:Actress Hansika.jpg. I was unfamiliar with the proper protocol and I appreciate you fixing my error. Best! ‡ Єl Cid of Valencia ^talk 12:45, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi El cid, el campeador. Happy to help! Best, FASTILY 22:37, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Mind deleting

Hello Fastily, mind deleting this draft Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 06:54, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Synoman Barris. It's not entirely clear to me why this needs to be deleted, or what's going on here (e.g. purpose for repeated moves) for that matter. Could you please clarify/summarize? Thanks, FASTILY 07:36, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

request for restoration of the page under construction user:abhragh2009

Hi Fastily,, I sincerely seek your help regarding this matter. I was trying to prepare a page for this 75+ year old gentleman P V Raghunathan who I feel merits inclusion on the wiki pages. It is not for publicity or for any other commercial reasons. In fact, he does not crave for any limelight. He has recently written his Autobiographical book 'My Many Trysts with God' which has been published by a well-known publisher of Chennai of Tamil Nadu State of India and has garnered excellent reviews on Amazon Indian site as well as global site. It is his maiden published work yet if you see the quality of his work I am sure you will be convinced that it is no less than any autobiography (both in contents as well as expression) written by anyone and published so far.

He is in the process of giving final shape to 2 more projects- one is a book on scientific spiritualism and another is the compilation of his travelogues of the journeys he has undertaken. Both of them are also of excellent quality.

As I am absolutely new to this technology of designing a page on wikipedia, I was making many trials and experiments which forced me view how the page was looking like several times.

I would highly appreciate if you please restore the contents of the page on the namespace of this user. Thanking you, sincerely yours, Abha Mittal — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhragh2009 (talk • contribs) 07:19, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Abhragh2009. What is your relationship to the subject? -FASTILY 22:37, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

My relationship with the subject is that of a mentee with her mentor.I came across him on the social media a few years back when we were part of a social movement to curb access to firearms to school/ college going children. Through interactions thereafter I realised that I was fortunate to have met a scholarly person and during a few interactions he saw in me an aptitude for writing poetry and on his encouragement , assistance and guidance, I started writing poems which were very much appreciated by the readers when I posted them on my blogs. Some of them won awards too in a few poetry writing competitions and a DOVE OF PEACE AWARD (DOPA) for "remarkable contribution for the cause of peace" by a literary and cultural society of Odisha, India.

My following poem dedicated to him explains my gratitude as a mentee to a sincere,competent yet self-effacing mentor:

A Tribute Words are too small to carry, The weight they are meant to ferry, The weight of gratitude I feel, For all you taught me.

Thr’ your snuggles, You made me see My struggles , Not as an inhibition, To pursue my ambition, Not as a stumbling block, To hamper my serene walk, But as a key to unwin', The mysteries Beyond sensory confines. For your making me Dig deeper into my heart, To see the truth Breaking apart. For your telling me Not to bring forth anything by force, But to let them come out, In their natural course. Fondly did you guide me thr’, Never mocking at my silly insipidities, Never did you make me feel small, Before your size so tall. Never did you forget To pat on my back At my smallest conquest. Never did you fail to guide me thr’, Whenever I thrust upon your time No matter how busy you were, A few minutes to me did you confine.

How much do I wish, I would have met you before, Things would have been different, And opportunities galore.

 I want to create a page on him on Wikipedia so that the worth of an unsung teacher, guide , philosopher and his multifaceted talents are made known to the world. If I could accomplish this, I would have the satisfaction of having served my mentor.

I would highly appreciate if you restore the page I was trying to create and help me serve my purpose of creating this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhragh2009 (talk • contribs) 13:01, 25 June 2020 (UTC) Abhragh2009 (talk) 13:14, 25 June 2020 (UTC)Abha Mittal

(by talk reader) @Abhragh2009: Thank you for disclosing your conflict of interest. Since you do not understand Wikipedia's purpose as an encyclopedia and you lack objectivity regarding the subject about which you want to write, it would be inappropriate for you to continue editing. Chris Troutman (talk) 13:27, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

About someone Writer/Journalist/Translator maybe is famous

Hello, how are you? can you review this page Draft:Ali AL-Suleiman and you can move it to the article and thank you https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/עלי_מחמוד_סולימאן you can see his page on Hebrew wiki it was accepted, and it has Turkish independent sources --أمين بن أحمد (talk) 08:23, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

well, you have to actually submit it for review. ◊PRAHLAD^balaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 20:01, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Requesting help

Hi,

Brief: Recreating Draft:Aurat which was deleted on technical ground.

Details: I had self created article Aurat (word) and later moved as copy paste to Draft:Aurat for draftification and self nominated Aurat (word) for afd. Creation of Draft:Aurat before completion of afd discussion was technical mistake hence was deleted by you. Meanwhile afd is over as no consensus and article has been draftified @ Draft:Aurat (word)

Article Aurat created for 'those limited set of Asian or South Asian women who are called Aurat'. But in enthusiasm of writing etymology section grew too large and many claimed more than one aspect covering together is confusing them. So now I have decided to give in popular objection and fork(split) out non grammar part to Draft:Aurat.

Once Draft:Aurat takes proper acceptable shape in review we will put it up for formal move discussion.

So as of now need your Okay to recreate Draft:Aurat which was deleted for technical reasons. (I have no issues if renewed Draft:Aurat shares history of Draft:Aurat (word) or just copy paste + edit summary ref. Either way personally ok for me )

Thanks and regards

Bookku (talk) 02:02, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Another subpage to delete

Template:SWL/swl.css. Same problem like above. --TheImaCow (talk) 19:15, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi TheImaCow.  Done -FASTILY 22:47, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

File:Living Enrichment Center Krishna statue 1997.jpg

Good afternoon,

Just giving you a head's up that you closed the FfD for File:Living Enrichment Center Krishna statue 1997.jpg as Delete, but the file has not been deleted.

Sincerely, The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 17:35, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @The Squirrel Conspiracy: Fastily deleted a local copy of the file. It still exists on Commons. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:45, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Draft:SANTAVAC

Dear Fastily,

My name is Steven Lichtenberg. On 25 April 2020 I've created the article "Draft:SANTAVAC" and it's still in the draft status and not published. Could you please help me to figure out why it is so and what should I do for succssess publishing my article?

Thank you. Steven Lichtenberg (talk) 12:03, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Steven Lichtenberg. Add {{subst:Submit}} at the top of the draft when you're ready to submit it for review -FASTILY 22:28, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Admin actions every hour for 20 hours?

Fastily, I'm curious. How are you clocking administrator actions 20 out of 24 hours everyday? The only time frame you don't make any actions is from 8–11 UTC. I'm sure (and hope) you sleep for more than four hours a night and spend time away from Wikipedia in the hours you are awake, so the constant button pushing looks a little WP:MEATBOTy. If this is a result of a script that requires little human interference, you may want to set up a bot for these actions. ƏXPLICIT 13:22, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Explicit. I'm not sure what the problem is. It's a combination of insomnia, caffeine, and a set of tools I created to list obvious CSD candidates. Everything is manually checked for errors before I use another twinkle-like tool to perform deletes. Yes, my workflow is semi-automated, but since every action is manually verified, I don't think that runs afoul of MEATBOT. Correctness is very important to me, so unless I'm making a lot of mistakes I'm unaware of, I don't really see a problem with this approach. -FASTILY 22:28, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Never said it was a problem, I was just wondering if the process was fully automated because of the large time frame of activity. I hope you can find some relief for your insomnia. Rest is the best, after all. ƏXPLICIT 23:56, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

User page recreation

So I nom'd Mathieu Prevot's userpage (basically a copy of fr:Utilisateur:Mathieu Prevot) as U5, which you agreed with and deleted . Now it's been recreated, minus the article-like citations. Pass or fail? I don't want to nom it again if it's OK and risk unnecessary animosity from the user. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:24, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Drm310. Given that the citations have been removed, I'm inclined to let it slide. Noting for the record that this user has 274 edits on frwiki, so it's plausible they're here to make useful contributions. -FASTILY 22:07, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Plausible I suppose. I am going to examine their edits on fr-wiki (with my intermediate French skills) and see if there is anything that is self-promotional. I believe they are a bit more lax there, but anything blatant will be dealt with. Merci!! --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 23:41, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Häagen-Dazs

Hi. Could you please blank / delete the revision of Häagen-Dazs that Lmahabab made too please? Thanks! -OXYLYPSE (talk) 17:56, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi OXYLYPSE.  Done -FASTILY 22:49, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Page deleted

What's the reason behind deletion of the page when the information on it is available in the public domain and verifiable. The page is about an actor who is a public figure and links provided verify that. Requesting restoration of page or further discussion. Karan Kashyap (talk) 08:44, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Karankashlive. I assume you're referring to Karan Singhmar. As you can see, I did not delete this page. -FASTILY 22:49, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Deleted Sandbox Page

Hi there,

I recently got a notice that my sandbox page had the contents deleted. I'd like to request three things so as I do not make a mistake again. The first is, could you please provide me with a copy of the content that I had there before, it was incomplete (maybe that's why it looked odd), however, the MediaWiki formatting did take a bit of time and I'd hate to loose that.

The second is, would you mind explaining to me what the issue was as I do not wish to break any rules in the future, especially a second time. The notice that I was given was 'Misuse of Wikipedia as a web host' however I'm not too sure how this relates to what I was writing (I was actively working on a page layout). I was specifically using the sandbox page to test out how I could create a page before putting anything live (my understanding is that this is why we have sandbox pages). If there was some specific indication/marking/formatting that I had missed to make that clearer, could you please let me know what I missed out. I was not using the page for ad/promotion/blogging (the things that are listed in the reasons) though the references were still being worked on, so maybe it looked a bit odd due to that?

Finally, in the case that the content of what I was working on. Though it was heavily work in progress (so incomplete and missing references for the most part), if there was something specifically wrong with what I wrote, could you please let me know? The reason is, I had actually looked around at other pages that were similar in theme to what I was working on and tried to work from a standardized template.

Either way, I am sorry to have caused you any issue, it was not my intention to deviate from the rules, and I hope that I can learn from this and not do the same mistakes in the future. Nightguest231 (talk) 15:22, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Nightguest231. Here is a copy of the deleted text: [100]. What is your relationship to the subject (Frozen Flame)? -FASTILY 22:49, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

CSD U5 User:AmalekiLawlor Comment

Hi Fastily. Thank you for deleting the above which I tagged CSD U5, this user has also created Draft:Amaleki Lawlor which is an exact copy of the deleted User Page, should this be also deleted? (note the draft was obviously declined by a reviewer already) JW 1961 Talk 09:08, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Joseywales1961(talk page stalker) Done by Explicit. ◊PRAHLAD^balaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 22:29, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much for doing the G7 deletion I requested!

I really appreciate it very much. HouseOfChange (talk) 21:36, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Happy to help! -FASTILY 23:20, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Thanks, CAPTAIN RAJU! -FASTILY 23:20, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

Not long ago

user:Not long ago is abusing her talkpage. CLCStudent (talk) 16:21, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi CLCStudent. Talk page access was already restricted by another admin. -FASTILY 23:20, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

re Template:No_subpages_link

... and the CSS subpages please — GhostInTheMachine ^{talk to me} 19:51, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi GhostInTheMachine. Thanks for letting me know, all deleted. -FASTILY 00:27, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Y Thanks — GhostInTheMachine ^{talk to me} 08:11, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Technical Barnstar
	MTC! is great ... thanks to this commons is now 1500 pictures richer! --TheImaCow (talk • contribs) 01:14, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, TheImaCow! :) Glad you found it helpful. -FASTILY 05:08, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

User:ISL fan

Hi Fastily. I'm wondering if you'd mind taking a look at this user's upload of File:HYDFC logo (1).png. This user kept trying to add File:Official Hyderabad FC Logo.png to User:ISL fan/Userboxes/Hyderabad FC. When the file was removed and it was explained to them on their user talk that non-free files cannot be used in userboxes, they basically re-uploaded the same file and licensed it as PD-self. It's slightly different, but it still seems close enough to be a derivative work. I tagged the file for speedy deletion per F9, but if you think it's OK feel free to remove the tag. The "HYD" is probably OK, but it's the top element that might be problematic per c:COM:TOO India if it’s an older file that’s closer to the UK’s TOO. -- Marchjuly (talk) 14:28, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly, I've deleted the image. It's a copyvio and obvious attempt to dodge our fair use policy. -FASTILY 23:24, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look at this. Unfortunately, they don't seem to be getting the message and just uploaded File:Hyderabadlogo.jpg. I'm not sure how to try and explain this to this person any better than I already have, but it seems a bit of a waste for them to keep taking one step closer to being blocked over a userbox image when most of the other edits seem (at least at first glance) to be OK. Just going to add that I came across this from this post on JJMC89's user talk; so, there's been a bit of misunderstanding of images licensing and use from the start. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:29, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

There's also this User:ISL fan/sandbox redirect which might be a problem per item 5 of WP:RFD#DELETE. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:40, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

I've deleted File:Hyderabadlogo.jpg and warned the uploader. I think the sandbox redirect is fine, given that it is a sandbox after all and isn't being used for any obvious disruption. -FASTILY 05:00, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Understand about the redirect. Unfortunately, this editor still doesn't seem to quite get why their uploads are problmatic and just uploaded File:Hyderabad team.webp which can be seen here but likely comes from somewhere else like here. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:00, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

I've indefinitely blocked the user. They're obviously ignoring our warnings, so maybe now they won't. -FASTILY 07:00, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

USER: Derrickhemphill Deletion of wiki for Phillip "Tuba Phil" Frazier

References for wiki page 'Phillip "Tuba Phil" Frazier have been added. Please restore this page. User: Mariah2000 moved it to draft. It needs to be in draft in order to MOVE to review draft. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Derrickhemphill (talk • contribs) 23:31, 21 July 2020 (UTC) --Derrickhemphill (talk) 23:34, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Derrickhemphill. This has already been explained to you on your talk page. -FASTILY 00:46, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

User:NuggetAreFood/sandbox

I declined a U5 speedy on this earlier today. This should have shown in the page history. This was not particularly promotional, although it did include a single social media link. It should never have been submitted as a draft, but I suspect that happened because the standard sandbox template includes a submit button, and it is unclear to many new users just what this does.

This would have been perfectly appropriate as a main user page, in my view.

I ask that you undelete this, or indicate that you do not object t6o my doping so. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 00:08, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi DESiegel. The page you linked has not one, but five social media links and is a pretty blatant attempt at self-promotion. Agreed that it should not have been submitted as a draft, but I don't see how that changes anything. The user has made no edits to the project outside of this sandbox and the Teahouse, and therefore I see no legitimate reason to permit such a (promotional) user page. I believe this deletion was correct and stand by it. -FASTILY 00:46, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Very well. We will see if DRV agrees with you. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 01:26, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

@DESiegel: Looking forward to it. Ping me when it starts please. -FASTILY 01:30, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Done. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 02:00, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

User:BorderRegions

Hi Fastily. Could you take a look at Special:Contributions/BorderRegions? This editor Seems to be converting to licenses of lots of flag files from non-free to free, perhaps so that they can use the files in certain articles where they otherwise wouldn’t be allowed. This might just be a good-faith misunderstanding, but concerns about their understanding of WP:COPY has been previously raised on their user talk before. It seems really unlike for so many of these flags to be {{self}}, but some might be “free” for some other reason. — Marchjuly (talk) 22:25, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for taking a look at this. I think they wanted to add the files to List of Canadian flags, but they kept getting removed by JJMC89 bot for 10c violations, even though they really wouldn't be allowed any way per NFLISTS. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:19, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. Happy to help. If they continue swapping non-free for free licenses, let me know and I'll block them. Regards, FASTILY 01:35, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

File:Ontario Provincial Police logo.png was one of the files that Border Regions edited, but the file's licensing was actually converted to PD by another editor a few months earlier. I don't know whether that conversion was correct, but the file is now missing a non-free use rationale (which had been removed by that other editor) now that you've converted it back to non-free. Any ideas on how to resolve this? I mean I could go back a re-add the nfur that was removed, but that wouldn't be related to anything BorderRegions did. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:47, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

I'm not seeing any obvious evidence that the logo is PD, so I've restored the fair use rationale. -FASTILY 05:08, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:21, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

New issue

I see you blocked and then subsequently unblocked BorderRegions. I perfectly understand why you did both and am not asking you to re-block anyone; however, BorderRegions was not only changing file licensing, but they were also uploading new files. It appears that many (like File:Shawinigan,QC2002.gif) were uploaded solely for use in List of Canadian flags, which is not really allowed per WP:NFLISTS, etc. I converted the file syntax to links in the list article; so, as long as the file exists, the links will work; however, the ones which were only being used in the list article are now orphaned which means that {{Di-orphaned fair use-notice}} templates (most likely more than ten) are going to start showing up on BolderRegions's user talk page which may cause them to panic.

Some like File:FlagofShawinigan.png and File:Flag of Timmins.png are being used in other articles; so, my removing them from the list article didn't make them orphans, but they probably need to go for other reasons like WP:NFCC#3a. On the other hand, some of the files (like File:VaughanOntarioFlag.jpeg) might be possible to keep as PD either because they're too simple to be protected or they're no longer (or never were) protected; the problems is that they are sourced non official websites like Amazon, Redit or Flags of the World (which always seems to be a problem as a source) since there's no way to know their true provenence without doing quite a bit of digging. In addition, the rationales for many of the files being used in more than one article don't reflect their current use which means they will be removed for NFCC#10c reasons by JJMC89's bot on one of its upcoming runs, which will make them orphans. Tweaking the rationale will stop the bot, but it won't make the use NFCCP compliant. Any suggestions on how to try and resolve this? Is this all going to need to be sorted out via a multi-file FFD? Should everything just be left to the bots to try and sort out. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:33, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

I think it's fine to let the bots handle it; any cases the bots didn't/don't handle can be referred to FfD. No opinion on the files that could be PD. If you think there's anything worth salvaging, please feel free. And unless the editor starts causing issues again, there's no need to intervene imo. -FASTILY 01:03, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Understand. Thanks for taking a look. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:17, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

TFD

Don't know if I've asked or mentioned this before, but if you're going to be deleting templates that were nominated at TFD, would you mind terribly also closing the discussion? WP:XFDCloser makes it super-easy to do (saves steps, auto-fills edit summaries, etc) and means that I (or other closers) don't have to spend the time to close a discussion that's already essentially been closed. Thanks! Primefac (talk) 16:05, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

Unable to find the log of My deleted page : 24 July,2020, User - Griffinskgp,

Hi Fastily,

Good Day! You have deleted my page under this Category of U5. Actually I am new in Wikipedia creating, so I may get into the wrong process. I did Click for the contest the nomination but before I could write anything due to poor network connectivity, I disconnected hence could not complete that process as well. Now I am unable to understand how to get back to the Contes the nomination. Is there any process so that we can modify the writing with the proper requirement?

Regards, User : Griffinskgp — Preceding unsigned comment added by Griffinskgp (talk • contribs) 03:10, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Griffinskgp. You may not use Wikipedia to promote/advertise your business/services. Please note that repeated violations of this rule will lead to removal of you editing privileges. Thanks, FASTILY 23:54, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Scissor Manohar

Kindly accept my speedily deletion. I created this page under my old username of DragoMynaa. See Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Archive320#TamilMirchi.TamilMirchi (talk) 20:24, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi TamilMirchi.  Done -FASTILY 23:54, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

File:NBL Logo Australia (2006).png

Hi Fastily. Could you take a look at this? In an attempt to add this logo to individual season articles and to get around items 14 and 17 of WP:NFC#UUI, an editor has been basically uploading the same file under different file names. I think the uploader probably means well, but this is not really OK per WP:NFCCP. If one file isn’t acceptable for use in all the different season articles, uploading multiple copies of it under different names for use in these articles is also not really OK. If the uploader wants to argue that the file is OK to use in the season articles at FFD then that’s fine, but the duplicates should go in my opinion. Does this qualify under WP:CSD#F1? The other files are File:NBL Logo Australia (2004–2009).png and File:NBL Logo Australia (2007).png. — Marchjuly (talk) 14:21, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. These are indeed duplicates and do qualify for WP:CSD#F1. I've merged the file description pages into File:NBL Logo Australia (2006).png, and updated the file links accordingly. This was purely a technical/housekeeping action however. As far as next steps go, I would suggest listing the file at WP:FFD to examine the file's compliance with WP:NFC/WP:NFCC. -FASTILY 23:54, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for taking a look at this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:29, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Fastily. I started a discussion about this file at FFD. I mentioned you in the discussion simply just to clarify how things ended up at FFD. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:22, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Sounds great, thanks for doing that! -FASTILY 22:51, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

I think something is not really clicking here since this editor just uploaded File:NBL Australia (2009).png which is basically the same logo. I'm not sure they quite get that uploading the same logo (even if it's sourced to a different website) under a different file name is not resolving the issues pointed out in the FFD. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:57, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

User:ISL fan/Userboxes/Hyderabad FC

Hi Fastily. You blocked ISL fan, he has multiple unblock requests declined before finally getting unblocked. So, he goes to Commons and then uploads File:Hyderabadlogo.jpg as claims it as “own work” just to keep trying to add File:Official Hyderabad FC Logo.png to that userbox. — Marchjuly (talk) 14:08, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: I have blocked the account again, and this time I will not be likely to support any unblock request. I gave the editor enough rope to hang themself, and they went ahead and did so. JBW (talk) 15:29, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

I appreciate you taking a look at this JBW. I'm not sure why they thought that file was their "own work", especially since I'm pretty sure they tried to upload the same file to Wikipedia as File:Hyderabadlogo.jpg or File:Hyderabad team.webp under the same claim and both those files ended up deleted per WP:F9. I thought they were going to avoid anything to do with images as part of their unblock request (at least until they gained a better understanding of things like WP:IUP and WP:NFC), and this edit seemed promising. All they really needed to do is ask someone for help before trying to upload any more images. People were trying to help them on their user talk, but for some reason they never asked about the image they wanted to use. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:11, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: Yes. What you say is quite right. From my experience there are three common reasons for editors uploading files as "own work" when they are nothing of the sort. Firstly, a good many new editors assume, for some reason, that the copyright requirements given when uploading a file are just some sort formality, and nobody really minds, and "own work" is an easy option to click. Secondly, a surprising number of people seem to sincerely think that if they do something trivial such as making a copy of an image then that is what "own work" means. Thirdly, it is very often a straight lie, made in the hope that nobody will notice what they have done. Several features of this case encourage me to think the third of those possibilities is the most likely, but it actually doesn't really matter which it is. Copyright infringements by a new editor who may not know better may be just part of the learning process, but when someone has been repeatedly warned about it, has been blocked for it, in order to be unblocked has undertaken not to do the same again, and then has done the same again, we are dealing either with gross dishonesty so that the editor can't be trusted to edit properly or else with gross incompetence so they aren't able to edit properly. We don't need to know which of the two it is in order to determine that the answer is that the person is not acceptable as an editor. JBW (talk) 20:39, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: I have now seen that the editor has posted another unblock request, in which they say that the image "was an modified version of an screenshot in my device" [sic], and then go on to say "That was my own work", so it looks as though the second of my three possibilities I listed above is probably the one. JBW (talk) 21:11, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

​ ISL fan tried to upload other "versions" of the logo as their "own work" locally to Wikipedia as well. I think they might've misunderstand what I posted about Commons images at File talk:Hyderabad team.webp and mistakenly assumed that meant they could upload derivatives to Commons as their "own work". They might've "modified" the file by adding it to a different color background, but I'm still pretty sure that would make it WP:Derivative work and tricky to deal. For some reason, I think I previously mentioned something about derivative works to them (maybe it was here here or at File talk:Hyderabadlogo.jpg), but perhaps I could've tried to better explain why derivatives can also be problems. Anyway, the Commons file has already been deleted, so the Commons admin who reviewed the file obviously felt it was a clear copyvio. If someone wants to unblock the account and give them another chance, then that's fine; however, I think that it should be clear that ISL fan needs to be very very careful when it comes to images since any more problems are likely going to mean another block. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:54, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Nireekshana (film)

Kindly accept my speedily deletion. I created this page under my old username of DragoMynaa. See Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Archive320#TamilMirchi. TamilMirchi (talk) 16:38, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi TamilMirchi.  Done -FASTILY 00:41, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Also, delete Okate Life. Thank you. TamilMirchi (talk) 18:17, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

 Already done by Athaenara. -FASTILY 05:05, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

2a00:23c5:94e5:bd01:f19d:2c61:8452:6682

Can User:2a00:23c5:94e5:bd01:f19d:2c61:8452:6682 please be blocked quickly. She clearly will not stop until then. CLCStudent (talk) 23:44, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi CLCStudent. Already blocked by Alexf -FASTILY 05:05, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

July 4 Files for Discussion

Hi. Would you consider closing the discussion below from July 4 as "keep" consensus. For some reason it is still open even after a month. Thanks. The link is Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion/2020_July_4 Octoberwoodland (talk) 20:51, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Octoberwoodland. I'm not seeing sufficient consensus to close the discussion, but I can re-list it. -FASTILY 05:05, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, perfect. Octoberwoodland (talk) 05:42, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Your input

I have an RfC going on at Talk:Gwar#RfC_about_GwarBar_vs_GWARbar regarding using all caps in an article and would appreciate the input of some long-standing Wikipedia editors who may be familiar with the policy, or at least be able to interpret the existing policy with some clarity. Thanks for your time! NJZombie (talk) 21:45, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

User:Uberstigg

Hi,

I recently got my page deleted. I have made a note of my mistakes, corrected them and written a new article about the same topic. How do I try again? Uberstigg (talk) 14:52, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Uberstigg. What is your relationship to Abiola Akanji? -FASTILY 06:07, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Draftification of Arya Linux (OS)

Hi, hope you're doing well. I moved Arya Linux (OS) to draftspace using the MoveToDraft scrip, but after the page was deleted under R2 it appeared on my article creations list [101]. Is there any way to remove this from the list? Thanks TheBirdsShedTears (talk) 18:30, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi TheBirdsShedTears. xtools is managed by community volunteers, and Wikipedia administrators have no control over that. You could try messaging one of those volunteers: [102] -FASTILY 06:07, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

CPC FC

Hello, why did you delete CPC FC page? CPC FC is a football team from one of the biggest and most important companies in Taiwan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MaoTaiwan (talk • contribs) 19:45, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Dear Fastility,

I am unpleasantly surprised by the fact you delete the Wikipedia page of CPC FC, page that I started. I spent time researching, typing and editing. The page may still miss information but it add value to the enciclopedia. CPC FC is the football team of Taiwan CPC Corporation, one of the biggest and most important companies in Taiwan. I wish you can help me to republish this page.

Thank you. MaoTaiwan (talk) 20:12, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi MaoTaiwan, the page has not been deleted, see Draft:CPC FC -FASTILY 06:07, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Draft:P Susheela kannada partial discography

kindly accept my new page of kannada discography of P Susheela, which has sub pages by name list of songs of 1950's and 1960's. thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manoj sira (talk • contribs) 11:25, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

New message from ArnabSaha

Hello, Fastily. You have new messages at File talk:Air India Express Flight 1344 crash.jpg.
Message added 18:17, 7 August 2020 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

❯❯❯   S A H A 18:17, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

U5 for almost all userspace deletions?

I've seen a few deletions now where a page in userspace was tagged with a speedy deletion criterion such as G3 (User:Blosse9999/sandbox), G10 (User:BATTLEONTHEMOON/sandbox and User:Danwilldj/sandbox), or G11 (User:Mustache Burger/Sample page, User:Carlahotels, User:Gidiwap, and User:TheADsydney), but when you deleted it, the delete reason only mentioned U5, even when it's only borderline applicable and the original criterion was 100% applicable. Do you mean to do this? Jackmcbarn (talk) 01:12, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Jackmcbarn. Yes. And I disagree with your "borderline applicable" assessment. WP:CSD#U5 references WP:NOTWEBHOST, which under bullet 5 points to examples of inappropriate user pages. Bottom line is that these are blatantly unacceptable pages which aren't going to be undeleted anytime soon. I could edit the exact reasons, but that wouldn't change the end result (pages are still deleted) -FASTILY 06:07, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Fair enough; I suppose I was reading U5 rather narrowly. Out of curiosity, though, is there a reason in particular that you choose to replace the criteria? Jackmcbarn (talk) 06:28, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

I use a self-created tool to help me list and review obvious CSD candidates. Given the volume of inappropriate user pages (correctly) tagged for CSD, I find it easier to process them as a set. -FASTILY 04:13, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

File:Derek Chauvin mugshot.jpeg

Hi Fastily. Would you mind taking a look at this? Seems to be a clear copyvio per WP:F9. No indication given on the source website that the file has been release by "Hennepin County Jail" and any other local law enforcement agency under a PD license. Moreover, Minnesota doesn't seem to be a state like California or Florida where state/local government works are considered PD per Talk:Derek Chauvin#Question. The jail's official website actually seems to be claiming copyright over the content it's hosting (including images) as can be seen here and here. I thought about tagging this with npd, but it's seems clearly a case of F9 and also because the uploader's user talk page is pretty much filled with notifications about problem image uploads and copyvios. Then, there was also Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2020 June 4#File:Derek_Chauvin.jpg and Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2020 June 18#File:Derek Chauvin mugshot.jpg which might even make this eligible for deletion per WP:G4. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:27, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Marchjuly. I agree, I've just deleted the file as a copyvio. Regards, FASTILY 06:17, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks!

for speedying so many of my subpages recently. I appreciate it :) AleatoryPonderings (talk) 19:15, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi AleatoryPonderings. Happy to help! Best, FASTILY 21:33, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Grandy King George

This article was deleted, is there a way I can get back the information it contained please? Thank you! — Punetor i Rregullt5 06:35, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Punetor I Rregullt5. Here is the text at the time of deletion: [103] -FASTILY 02:33, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Concering your deletion reason given on User:Zainrahman123/sandbox/Zahid Muzaffar

I CSD'd the page for G12 and G13, they wouldnt be able to refund it, seeing how the page was mostly if not entirely copywritten material, am I wrong? Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ _Talk 22:45, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Zppix. Yes, that's correct. -FASTILY 07:41, 17 August 2020

Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion/2020_August_6#Several_Images_of_mass_shooters

Hi Fastily,

The relisting of the above files for discussion is at this point "no consensus". Would you consider closing that discussion as "no consensus" or "keep"? All of the votes are "keep". The nominator should not have listed these files as a large group because it just makes it difficult to ascertain what the consensus is. As far as I am concerned, this was a procedurally defective nomination, and it's result is "no consensus". Octoberwoodland (talk) 20:56, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Octoberwoodland. Sorry, but what's the rush? Nothing has changed since I re-listed the discussion. I see no harm in letting it run until there are new comments. -FASTILY 22:02, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Sorry. I apologize for being impatient. Whatever you think is cool. :-) Octoberwoodland (talk) 22:07, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

File:Modern Vidya Niketan.jpg

Hi. Would you please unhide the old versions of File:Modern Vidya Niketan.jpg?   — Jeff G. ツ 00:04, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Jeff G.,  Done -FASTILY 00:09, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks!   — Jeff G. ツ 00:24, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Restoration of a deleted file

Good day Fastily! Since my request on Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion seems to have overlooked for almost a week, I thought of requesting it here, since you deleted this file. May I request for the undeletion of File:Bonifacio Shrine (Padre Burgos, Ermita, Manila)(2018-10-09).jpg Here's the request from the undeletion requests:

Photo was deleted because it was tagged as having not used (unfree media file) for more than 7 days. However, I can still remember that Patrickroque01 uploaded this in a free license and full resolution, but for some reason it was made as non free because of no FOP in the Philippines. However, such situation is best resolved by adding relevant no FOP notice tags instead of using non free media file tags. Example is what I did at another file by Patrickroque01: File:Bonifacio Shrine (Padre Burgos, Manila; 11-23-2019).jpg. In this way, this guarantees that this freely licensed file cannot be transferred to Commons until either the subject falls PD or if a full FOP measure is implemented in our country. I'm also humbly requesting its reversion to the original full-resolution file instead of a small file that was the result of it being tagged as "non-free."

JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 05:42, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Except in the case you’re describing above, the file is still going to be a WP:Derivative work because the copyright of the statue also needs to be considered; it would even still be as such per c:COM:FOP United States. This means that a separate copyright license (most likely {{Non-free 3D art}} is needed for the statue.

Files like this which are partially non-free are still subject to WP:NFCC; so, unless its use meets all ten WP:NFCCP, it’s just going to end up being deleted again. Moreover, even if you provide a valid copyright license for the statue, it still needs a corresponding WP:FUR for each non-free use, it’s likely going to end up deleted per WP:F6. This applies to the other file you’ve mentioned above as well. Finally, even if you provide a copyright license and the required rationales, you can’t use the file on your user page per WP:NFCC#9 and WP:UP#Non-free files unless it’s 100% free. — Marchjuly (talk) 09:26, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: For a very long time and based on my experience editing here (since mid-2016) I thought those restrictions only apply at Commons, and in practice photos of potentially-copyrighted structures in the Philippines should be kept locally (here on enwiki) and not to be transferred on Wikimedia Commons. Such structures are tagged as {{Do not move to Commons}} or {{FoP-USonly}} (for modern Philippines buildings). It was assumed that those copyrighted structures should stay here on enwiki, no matter what type of structures are.be it buildings, monuments, sculptures, and others. So now those no FOP restrictions now apply on enwiki? This is the first time I heard of this in our (Philippines) case, and will involve dozens of photos of Philippine structures being deleted. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 11:33, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

I’m not saying the file needs to be deleted; I’m saying that the file probably needs two copyright licenses: one for the statue and one for the photo. Since you seem to have taken the photo, you can release the photo under a free license; however, unless you also are the sculptor who created the statue you photographed, you cannot “release” it under a free license. The reason Commons won’t accept the file is that Commons doesn’t accept non-free content of any type; so, you would need the photo and statue to be both freely licensed. English Wikipedia does, however, accept certain types of non-free content; so, you can release your photo under a free license, but the statue can be treated as non-free content. {{FoP-USonly}} is primarily meant to apply to architectural works like buildings, not artistic works like statues or sculptures. This is because there is complete FoP in the US for architectural works completed prior to December 1990, but there isn’t automatic FoP in the US for 3D artistic works like statues except under certain conditions. You describe the photo as being of a shrine, but it looks more like an artistic work like a frieze than a habitable structure. — Marchjuly (talk) 12:56, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Deletion challenge venues

Hi Fastily! I'm here because the deletion of a page that you speedily deleted pursuant to the outcome of my non-admin closure of this deletion discussion ({{db-xfd}}) was challenged at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion. The challenger said that they chose that venue due to your editnotice, which says that G6 speedy deletions should be challenged there. However, my understanding was that challenges stemming from a deletion discussion closures, like this one, belong at WP:Deletion review, not WP:RFUD. Am I right about that? Best, —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 22:32, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Mdaniels5757. {{Db-xfd}} deletions fall under WP:CSD#G6, which may be challenged by any editor at REFUND. Assuming you disagree with the result, your next option is to start a WP:DRV discussion. Regards, FASTILY 23:22, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

BangDB

Ho Fastily While reviewing BangDB, I noticed a large number of dead links, and it occurred to me that it might be a recreation of Draft:BangDB, which you deleted on 16 August 2020 as a G7. I can't see deleted articles, so I'm asking you if it is a re-post. Besides the dead links, there are some other clues that make that plausible, like the dates for retrieval on the sources (They're almost all within the same two days). If it is a copy of the deleted draft, I don't think that it would qualify for WP:G4. Is there something else that would apply, besides G:11? Thanks, Vexations (talk) 13:01, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Vexations. Yes, they're similar, here is a copy of the deleted text. I think the topic's notability is questionable, I'll let you decide between using {{Db-a7}} or WP:AFD. Regards, FASTILY 01:37, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thanks for deleting that outdated gallery that I emptied..

Catfurball (talk) 18:18, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Catfurball, happy to help! -FASTILY 01:37, 22 August 2020 (UTC)