User talk:Ooligan

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-- Wikimedia Commons Welcome (talk) 01:21, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Please explain your reversion to File:Rhea Seehorn in 2018.jpg

Hello Ooligan -- You reverted my version of File:Rhea Seehorn in 2018.jpg with the cryptic edit description that the previous version was "better". I respectfully disagree. Gage's version had very deep shadows in her eye sockets due to the less-than-ideal lighting at the event. I adjusted the shadows subtly to improve the visibility of her eyes, and honestly believe my version constituted an improvement. Please tell me what you find more satisfactory about the previous version. Maybe you can change my mind. Respectfully -- WikiPedant (talk) 05:40, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello @WikiPedant,

I should have had a longer explaination in the edit summary. I could have stated that your overwritten version of this photograph is a substantial change and suggest that your version should be uploaded under a new file name.

According to Commons:Overwriting existing files: "...(even if the editor making the change deems it minor), the change can be reverted, and the new image should be uploaded under a new file name." The edit summary for your overwrite above you wrote,

• "newly cropped from most recent version of original."

However, this is a cropped photo from your newly overwritten version of the original photo by Gage Skidmore here: File:Rhea Seehorn by Gage Skidmore.jpg. In that edit summary you wrote,

• "selectively adjusted levels to help alleviate lighting issue causing overly intense shadows around eyes"

The "most recent version of original" in that cropped photo edit summary, did not include that you had earlier overwitten the original file. That is also a substantial change. So, to be consistent with the official guideline, I suggest that it also should be reverted and that new version of this original be uploaded under a new file name.

I like both your versions, but both are substantial changes needing to be uploaded as new files.

Respectfully, -- Ooligan (talk) 19:15, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello Ooligan -- The way the overwriting guideline is written, it seems that the reverting editor's opinion is the final word. So be it. New versions have now been created, even though my it remains my considered opinion that my edit was minor and was an improvement. Farewell -- WikiPedant (talk) 06:54, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

Sound Logo Meeting

Hi Ooligan, I was looking at Category:2022-06-01 Wikimedia sound logo contest planning meeting, which has a number of surprising files in it from a North Macedonian ministerial visit to Arlington. It looks like you added those.

I suspect that it was a mistake, but could you please verify? Thanks! Effeietsanders (talk) 14:50, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done. Thank you @Effeietsanders. Best regards, -- Ooligan (talk) 18:11, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

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You talk page needs archiving now. The page has exceeded the limits of placing new templates. Kindly change auto archive time for 650d to a lot less. For example I and many others have it for 5 to 7 days. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 01:59, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

@Shaan Sengupta, Thank you for notifying me. I reset my archive time to 14 days.

• Best regards, -- Ooligan (talk) 02:26, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Warning

Hi Ooligan. I noticed that deletion requests you made 1, 2, and 3 were not done correctly.

This is not an unusual mistake, but I'm leaving you this message to help you get this right in the future.

There are several steps to making a deletion request (DR) correctly; among other things you must transclude the deletion into the correct daily DR list, and to notify the page creator and optionally other human (non-bot) editors of the page. By far the easiest way to do all of this correctly is to use the automatic Nominate for deletion or Nominate category for discussion tool in the Tools menu on the sidebar per COM:DR#Starting requests and COM:CFD#Starting requests, which takes care of all that using vetted Javascript. If you prefer to add the {{Delete}} template or {{Category for discussion}} template manually, you are required to follow the instructions in the template, including the "Click here to show further instructions" portion (or Commons:Deletion requests/Listing a request manually policy or the "By hand" portion of COM:CFD#Starting requests, normally collapsed). Again, though, there is no need to follow complex instructions if you use the automatic tools.

Also worth knowing: on Commons, {{Delete}} is not a "speedy delete" request like it is on many other projects; instead, it starts a discussion of whether the file should be deleted. If you think a particular media file really obviously does not belong on Commons, see the instructions at Commons:Criteria for speedy deletion. Common cases that are better handled with a speedy delete than a DR include:

• own work within 7 days (COM:CSD#G7)
• empty category never likely to be used (COM:CSD#C2).

Common bad reasons people have for making DRs in the first place include:

• after renaming a category, trying to delete the resulting redirect in violation of policy COM:CATRED
• making a DR for a file where there is already a current DR
• trying to delete one's own work within 7 days (use {{G7}} instead)
• placing {{Delete}} on the deletion subpage itself, or on a talk page.

Also, please don't use {{Ffd}} (that's an English Wikipedia thing).

If you have further questions about the deletion process, you can ask them at COM:Help desk or COM:Village pump.  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:50, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G., Since there was more than one I used the VFC tool, "perform batch task". There was an error message. This was the first time I ever received any error message using this tool. This message stated something like, I should check my contributions. I did look at my contributions page and it looked like normal tool output, but I did not open these three individual files. Thanks for letting me know.

Should I let this tool's owner know of this type of error? -- Ooligan (talk) 23:18, 18 December 2025 (UTC)