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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.

Allow overwriting of File:Constitutional_Recognition_of_Same-Sex_Unions_in_the_United_States.svg

A recent amendment to the NY state constitution (Proposal 1) implicitly recognizes same-sex marriage, I would like to update the map to reflect this GKarastergios (talk) 03:57, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:33, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Logo CNBC Arabia Original 1.svg

@ReneeWrites: I want to crop the logo of CNBC Arabia (File:Logo CNBC Arabia Original 1.svg) to remove the white line at the file. Yayan550 (talk) 07:52, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. ReneeWrites (talk) 17:29, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting File:Bambi 2.jpg

I would upload a better quality version of that file, captured from the trailer on web archive. Andrek02 (talk) 10:13, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:37, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting File:Insignia of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces.svg

Better colors. ∼∼∼∼ — Preceding unsigned comment added by CherMaps (talk • contribs) 10:59, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Can you explain what you mean by "Better colors" in more detail? Abzeronow (talk) 17:38, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting File:Editor_-_silver_ribbon_-_2_pips.jpg

Would like to upload a better-quality image, the current one is from 2007. Overwriting has minimal use as many templates are dependent on this. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 14:10, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Can you link to the proposed image? Abzeronow (talk) 17:41, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

@Abzeronow https://i.imgur.com/nN7FlfL.jpeg ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 10:16, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:27, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting File:Logo TWE gross.jpg

Hi, i want to overwrite this file by an identical File with better quality. Bildersindtoll (talk) 15:51, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Can you link the image you want to overwrite it with here? ReneeWrites (talk) 17:51, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Yes: https://ibb.co/J7NK5C3 Bildersindtoll (talk) 20:26, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done That is indeed much better! You can now overwrite this file. ReneeWrites (talk) 23:34, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Ashfield District Council election, 2019.svg

I would like to change the colour of Ashfield Independents to pink, to reflect usage on the rest of Wikipedia. Alextheconservative (talk) 20:42, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:59, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:2024 California Proposition 3 results map by county.svg and File:2024 Colorado Amendment J results map by county.svg

Hello, I would like to update this map of the results of Prop 3 in California to reflect new county results coming in. Panda2024 (talk) 02:49, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Requesting the same for File:2024 Colorado Amendment J results map by county.svg; Clear Creek County having recently passed 70%. Panda2024 (talk) 03:13, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

@ZackCarns: ReneeWrites (talk) 17:07, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

I'm fine with any overwrites as long as they match the results. ZackCarns (talk) 17:09, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Appreciate the fast response! ReneeWrites (talk) 17:26, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite these files. ReneeWrites (talk) 17:27, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:SEAC USSF.svg

申请微调一下这个文件，同其他太空军士兵军衔图样细节保持一致。碧海风 (talk) 04:38, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Translation: Request to fine-tune this document to make it consistent with the rank details of other Space Force soldiers. Thyj (talk) 10:41, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. ReneeWrites (talk) 17:23, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Machado de Assis 1904.jpg

The current version is an artificial upscaling of an already edited version of the original that added too much noise. I want to upload the original unedited file, and then a minor correction which includes cropping, rotating and levels adjustment. HkSards (talk) 07:47, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. ReneeWrites (talk) 17:09, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, I've already uploaded the files. HkSards (talk) 02:46, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Request to overwriting files

Although I have the permission, I cannot upload it due to network problems. Please overwrite the following pictures, with the note "large".

• File:사진관에서 설정샷, 설정샷 01.jpg: [1]
• File:사진관에서 설정샷, 설정샷 02.jpg: [2]
• File:사진관에서 설정샷, 설정샷 03.jpg: [3]

Thyj (talk) 10:40, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite these files. ReneeWrites (talk) 17:24, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

I can't upload it because of network problems, so please help me upload, thank you. Thyj (talk) 02:30, 20 November 2024 (UTC) Solved it myself. --Thyj (talk) 03:44, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Gerhard_Schubert_(Unternehmen)_logo.svg

The logo is no longer used. A new logo already exists on Wikipedia. The old logo appears in Google searches and causes confusion Agragr365 (talk) 11:08, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

So if a new logo already exists as a separate file, why do you want to overwrite the old one? And overwrite it with what? --Rosenzweig τ 12:02, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

I don´t know how to replace the old one. Is it possible to delete the old one? Agragr365 (talk) 12:15, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Replace it where? And which file is the new logo? You have not uploaded any files, and File:Schubert Logo.svg does not really look different. And no, we keep historic logos and don't delete them. --Rosenzweig τ 12:34, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

It's just a minor font adjustment, but the issue arises when some clients and partners search for the logo online and end up using the outdated version in external materials, resulting in widespread use of outdated resources. Agragr365 (talk) 12:49, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

You did not say where you want to replace the file. The only place in the WMF wikis where it is still in use (except for an archived page) is Wikidata, d:Q1512510. --Rosenzweig τ 12:57, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, can you please update the logo in wikidata? Or tell me how I can do that by myself? Agragr365 (talk) 10:21, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

I have added File:Schubert Logo.svg to Wikidata d:Q1512510, marking it as the preferred and current logo. --Rosenzweig τ 10:16, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Member countries of the Virgo scientific collaboration.svg

This is a map which is susceptible to be updated (in this case it does need an update as Switzerland joined the member countries), which has already previously been done several times by the author. Thanks! Thuiop (talk) 15:37, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

@Auguel: ReneeWrites (talk) 17:04, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

@ReneeWrites: Do I need to allow it? Or can you do it? Either way I agree it should allow overwritting. Auguel (talk) 13:48, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

@Auguel: Nah, I just wanted to ping you because you're a still-active user who was actively maintaining it and you may have wanted to make this edit yourself. ReneeWrites (talk) 15:11, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done Auguel (talk) 22:06, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Windows 2000 architecture.svg

Decapitalized common nouns in diagram text. Nyq (talk) 16:34, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

 Not done Capitalization is consistent with Microsoft's documentation. ReneeWrites (talk) 17:02, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

I would like to kindly request to reconsider. The capitalization is inconsistent within itself on this diagram in its present state.

1. In some cases obviously common nouns are overcapitalized like "OS/2 Application" ("application" is a common noun and is not a name of a specific Microsoft product and no MS documentation can override this self-evident truth).
2. In some other cases generic technical terms like "hardware abstraction layer" that is well-established in the industry well beyond Microsoft (see w:en:Hardware_abstraction#In_operating_systems) are overcapitalized. Just because Microsoft overcapitalizes generic common nouns in their documentation to make them look proprietary and exclusive doesn't mean that we all have to blindly copy this corporate propaganda on Wiki.
3. Some nouns are not capitalized ("drivers", "service"), yet some other like "Manager" are suddenly capitalized for no particular reason.

I think the best we can do is to decapitalize all common nouns to make this illustration self-consistent and align it with the spirit of Wiki NPOV. Nyq (talk) 23:07, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

I suppose it's fine, although I think the whole "corporate propaganda" thing is a bit silly. You can now overwrite the file. ReneeWrites (talk) 23:37, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File talk:2024 national elections.svg

Ireland should be green, as a legislative election is taking place on 29 November. Boardwalk.Koi (talk) 17:37, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Additionally, requested corrections raised on the file's talk page have not been addressed. Boardwalk.Koi (talk) 17:40, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. ReneeWrites (talk) 17:51, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you kindly. Boardwalk.Koi (talk) 17:53, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

No problem! I'll keep the template until some months into 2025, after that I don't expect there to be a lot of changes. ReneeWrites (talk) 20:08, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting File:Logo Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation.svg

Hi, i want to overwrite this file with a optimized and transparent version. Bildersindtoll (talk) 20:24, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. ReneeWrites (talk) 20:40, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Isaac 2024 path.png and File:Patty 2024 path.png

Would like to update the rest of the tracks as it was uploaded by someone else in each case (meaning I currently can't change it) and someone has actually asked on the 2024 AHS talk page as to why the former isn't updated. MarioProtIV (talk) 21:21, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite these files. Abzeronow (talk) 21:39, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting File:2024 United States presidential election results map by county.svg and File:Results by state, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote 2024.svg

I want to update a few counties and West Virginia GatewayPolitics (talk) 00:06, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite these files. ReneeWrites (talk) 00:21, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:U+12FE7.svg

Would like to make the image transparent. Anohthterwikipedian (talk) 00:58, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. ReneeWrites (talk) 01:01, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting File:2024 Presidential Election by County.svg

I want to update a few counties GatewayPolitics (talk) 04:57, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:55, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting File:IPOS_structuurschema_Babbage.jpg

I want to just crop the image. --Mattias.Campe (talk) 05:13, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:56, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting File:National Government of the R.O.C.jpg

我調整了這張圖像的顏色，此外沒有其他變化。-- Lilauid (talk) 09:43, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

這是一張歷史照片。覆蓋準則對這些非常嚴格。(via google translate) Abzeronow (talk) 17:00, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

我瞭解了 -- Lilauid (talk) 01:45, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting File:Carlotta 2024 path.png

File needs to be updated with TCR data from the National Hurricane Center. Sria-72 (talk) 19:45, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:11, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting File:Arizona Presidential Election Results 2024.svg

I want to update Yuma county GatewayPolitics (talk) 06:14, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting File:Target2%_20graph%_20-%_20%_20ecb%_20data(1).jpg

I would like to add a new version of the same graphic, then also including years 2019 to 2024. - Weapon X (talk) 09:17, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting File:Yano Kenzo Gubernur.jpg

I have the original pictures concerning where the image comes from. The website originally that holds this image is low quality. I would like to replace that with the image that is higher quality and directly from the source. See: https://hermes-ir.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/hermes/ir/re/16895/?lang=1 Kaliper1 (talk) 13:08, 21 November 2024 (UTC)