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Only users with Autopatrol rights may now overwrite files uploaded by other users. You may request autopatrol rights here. If you are currently ineligible for autopatrol rights, you may request an exception for a particular file on this page. This page is only for requests on the technical permission; proposals for file improvements should be made on the file talk page.

Make sure that your planned overwriting complies with the file overwriting guidelines.

The template that allows overwriting a file ({{Allow Overwriting}}) may be placed by any user with patrol rights.

I am requesting permission to overwrite the existing file with the updated version File:Trustly_Logotype_2023.svg. The updated logo reflects the new brand guidelines, changing the official color from green to black. As the primary logo of Trustly Group, it is important to have the most current version available. The file is my own work and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Snorlaks (talk) 08:26, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done I can move the older logo to a new name, and then move the 2023 file so it uses the current name if you wish though. Abzeronow (talk) 16:45, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The issue is not the name of the file, but the outdated logo being indexed by Google, causing media to use the old version for the last 2 years. The logo is identical, with only a color change. Updating the original file ensures the most current branding is used. No need for two separate files. The brand guidelines confirm this: Trustly Brand Guidelines. Thank you for your understanding. Snorlaks (talk) 09:00, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but our rules don't allow for overwriting old logos. We want to keep old logos. @GPSLeo: I'm offering what I can do in regards to the two logos (Wikipedias can simply revert my moves if they want the other logo). Abzeronow (talk) 16:22, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, just add the information that the logo is outdated to the description and maybe request renaming to for example File:Trustly Logotype STARTYEAR-2023.svg GPSLeo (talk) 18:20, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks both for your help. Feel free to proceed as suggested above. Snorlaks (talk) 16:28, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File names moved. Abzeronow (talk) 19:46, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

After Commons:Deletion requests/File:Colin Powell anthrax vial. 5 Feb 2003 at the UN.jpg: Restore aspect ratio of replaced image [1200 ∕ 835 ≈ 1.437] by slightly cropping [5px left and 1px right to 246×171 ≈ 1.439 instead of 252×171 ≈ 1.474]. Winnie Schneider (talk) 20:04, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Timeshifter: The file essentially has a don't overwrite message. So I'm hesitant to allow an overwrite. Abzeronow (talk) 22:19, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is the only available free image that I know of. And it is small, and it is not sharp. Any editing of it will just make it smaller, and less sharp. And I don't see what purpose it would serve on the dozens of articles worldwide it is on. If there is some particular image use requiring a certain specific aspect ratio, I think it should be uploaded as a separate file. By the way, my favorite image gallery method is here:

Help:Table/Advanced#Side by side tables/images

--Timeshifter (talk) 06:11, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feedback! But no, of course not „any edit will just make it smaller and less sharp“. The purpose: precisely because the image has been embedded dozens of times (and has thankfully been replaced!), the exact same aspect ratio helps to change the design of the articles that used the old image as little as possible; and without need to fix the link to a new image. My user page uses it and now has a small design error. That's why I'm active here. Winnie Schneider (talk) 00:08, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In articles it doesn't matter because they are mostly right-aligned images. Text flows around them. It doesn't matter in infoboxes either. They set the image width. So the 2 images may have a small difference in height. That doesn't matter in infoboxes. That mainly leaves galleries, and most galleries are not trying to have perfectly aligned tops and bottoms as in the gallery on your user page. That is why I suggest uploading a separate file that meets your needs. --Timeshifter (talk) 09:25, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I’ll do so. Thanks for the dialog. -- Winnie Schneider (talk) 21:41, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done: File:Colin_Powell_anthrax_vial._5_Feb_2003_at_the_UN_(cropped).jpg

@Abzeronow: Request hereby completed. -- Winnie Schneider (talk) 22:27, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I want to reupload a new subjective file for adjusting colours. Thank you for sincere MaximAppliedScience (talk) 06:02, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you explain further what changes you want made and why? (and it doesn't have to be in English, I can use google translate) Abzeronow (talk) 16:22, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's a high resolution version of the image from the same source here. -Artanisen (talk) 07:11, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:24, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's a high resolution version of the image from same source, thank you for sincere. Adam Azrael (talk) 07:22, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:26, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The version on Commons is tiny (240 × 180 pixels), and there is a version in much higher resolution (2560 x 1920 px) available at the original Flickr source. I would like to upload the version in higher resolution. This image is used on many Wikipedia pages. 1904.CC (talk) 08:58, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:28, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The map of how the Buckingham constituencies voted at the 1970 UK general election has an error; it shows the Buckingham constituency (the northernmost one on the map) as having voted Labour, when it in fact voted Conservative in 1970. Offa29 (talk) 11:49, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:30, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The description of the coat of arms says that the coat of arms should be blue, but in Wikipedia the coat of arms is purple.
And more. There is already a correct raster version on Wikimedia Commons, but for some reason Cian Akril made it like this
Please let me fix it! Odinbait (talk) 18:59, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 19:45, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's slightly silly, but I'd like to throw my hat in the ring of the last few contributions to this image. I wish Avayak and Rhapsody Scarlet had mentioned what optimization methods/tools/algorithms they used in the last two uploads, but they didn't. All I really know is I can actually beat their score. My usual optimization workflow is to take the image and run it through OxiPNG followed by ZopfliPNG. I went back to the last version by CyberShadow and ran it through my workflow today. It came out looking exactly the same (which is the point, all of my optimizations are supposed to be lossless, so they don't change how the image looks), and I managed to shrink it to 219 KB. I'd like to upload my new low score (it's like golf). Obscure2020 (talk) 22:26, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I like your png optimization work but the difference of 3 KB is not a substantial improvement. Abzeronow (talk) 16:17, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is a higher resolution available from the same source, I would like to replace the existing one with the ones with higher resolution. - EvoSwatch (talk) 04:49, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:20, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Só i want move the symbol tô corrente position foi flag Map Basahara2023 (talk) 04:51, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:23, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Same as it was for File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Bryansk_Oblast.svg: the shield on the flag should be blue, not purple. I can upload newer version. Skirienko (talk) 08:29, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:25, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Overwriting current low-bitrate 720p file sourced from YouTube video for high-bitrate 1080p file sourced from the Masters of Cinema Blu-Ray edition.--Mayimbú (talk) 08:44, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Movies are an area where I'm out of my depth a little. Are the differences between the two just bitrate and resolution? @Yann: Abzeronow (talk) 16:36, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, overwriting is fine here. Same duration. But I would like to keep the director's name in the title. So the Wikisource pages should be renamed. Yann (talk) 16:48, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Overwriting template is added. Abzeronow (talk) 16:55, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I have created a new version of this file, which corrects a problem with the ClipPath element that is causing the old file not to display correctly. Sillyputty1967 (talk) 16:04, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:29, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I need to change the 2024 logo of Verizon to match the official design of the logo. NIKO • (do you want to talk to me?) 16:26, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:35, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I need to change the 2022 logo of Freeform to match the official design of the logo. NIKO • (do you want to talk to me?) 16:29, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:03, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to upload a new version of this file, but it doesn't upload. Methewle (talk) 18:19, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 18:26, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I've noticed that the current version of File:Phase-diag es.svg has phases Fase gaseosa and Vapor sobrecalentado switched. The same version of this file in English is correct: File:Phase-diag2.svg. Also, I believe it would be more correct to say "Vapor" instead of "Vapor sobrecalentado", and "Líquido comprimido" instead of "Líquido compresible". Donmerendolo (talk) 19:05, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:05, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, how can I overwrite it? It says "You cannot overwrite this file." in the page. Thanks in advance. Donmerendolo (talk) 21:17, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The original version of the file is this one: File:Phase-diag.svg, which has the same error. Should I translate File:Phase-diag2.svg (which has a more realistic fusion curve) instead and replace the pages where File:Phase-diag es.svg is used? Donmerendolo (talk) 21:33, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I added the template, so overwriting should work now. (EDIT: I see what the issue is, you're not confirmed yet.) Abzeronow (talk) 21:53, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Still can't change it 😅, says "You cannot overwrite this file." Donmerendolo (talk) 22:18, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You'll be able to do it in 4 days once you're autoconfirmed. Abzeronow (talk) 22:20, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense, thank you :) Donmerendolo (talk) 22:21, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In 2022, when I uploaded the current larger version of the image (from the same source), I cropped it and changed the colors. I wanted to upload the original and unedited version of this painting. Saguescabe (talk) 01:01, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, the 2022 overwrite was not ideal. Do you want me to split the file so the 2022 version is its own file, and then just allow an overwrite on this one if it's just a higher resolution version of the original upload? Abzeronow (talk) 16:16, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This would be the unedited version from where I got the larger 2022 version. It's not actually a larger version of the original 2010 upload, since it is not yellowed and cropped. I think the 2022 version can just be reverted and I would upload another file with the high quality version, is that correct? Saguescabe (talk) 20:28, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Generally in this case, it would be better to upload as a new file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:36, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thank you. Saguescabe (talk) 21:58, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I need to change the 2000 logo of Verizon to match the official design of the logo. NIKO • (do you want to talk to me?) 05:00, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:18, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Color correction per https://www.gov.br/mj/pt-br/assuntos/seus-direitos/classificacao-1/paginas-classificacao-indicativa/CLASSINDAUDIOVISUAL_Guia_27042022versaofinal.pdf (page 14) FireDragonValo (talk) 08:49, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:21, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Türkiye should be coloured in red in this map. Turkish public schools teach British English and BrE is the standard for all official documents. In all documents, ministry names are written with BrE. The use of "labor" are negligibly rare. And "defense" is only used as a verb. James Baxter The Horse (talk) 09:20, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:22, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Allow uploading a higher resolution from 617x321 to about three times that (my earlier request got reverted) of the photo now available from State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales direct Alex Sims (talk) 11:57, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. (Your earlier request was unfortunately simultaneous with some vandalism by a LTA so reverting it was the easiest way to revert all the vandalism. Sorry about the inconvenience.) Abzeronow (talk) 16:27, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please, I need to change the current logo of Comcast to match the official design of the logo NIKO • (do you want to talk to me?) 16:16, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File was merged after your request. Does it still need changes? Abzeronow (talk) 17:02, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixing base map issues 沁水湾 (talk) 19:12, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 19:45, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I was wondering if it is advisable, or not, to overwrite this file to maintain the format that has been used in the maps of previous editions of the Euro Cup that can be consulted through the UEFA Euro maps template, sorry for any annoyance LuisAngel01 (talk) 23:26, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]