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Image

Simbu look for Maanadu. jpg, see this image. This image comes from behindwoods so only I upload Vani Bhojan image. If I done wrongly sorry. Tuttesnaveen (talk) 08:58, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

Responded

Hello, I have responded.--25 CENTS VICTORIOUS  12:31, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Autopatrol given

Hello. I just wanted to let you know that I have granted autopatrol rights to your account; the reason for this is that I believe you are sufficiently trustworthy and experienced to have your contributions automatically marked as "reviewed". This has no effect on your editing, it is simply intended to make it easier for users that are monitoring Recent changes or Recent uploads to find unproductive edits amidst the productive ones like yours. In addition, the Flickr upload feature and an increased number of batch-uploads in UploadWizard, uploading of freely licensed MP3 files, overwriting files uploaded by others and an increased limit for page renames per minute are now available to you. Thank you. -- CptViraj (talk) 13:01, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the user right! -- DaxServer (talk) 13:32, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Removal of delete notices reply

This is in reference to the Removal of delete notices message on my talk page left by you . Actually keeping the deletion notices sometimes gives wrong message to the visitors of the image. Specially when the images of the concerned persons are celebrities and are of very imorentant persons and ministers and images are used on their article.. Also I would like to know your valuable feedback of till what duration a discussion continues for image deletion. I think a time should come where a verdict is reached either in favor or against and deletion nomination should stop,

For example the 3rd image Commons:Deletion requests/File:Midnapur-Keranitola.jpg the admins clearly accepted my argument that the Facebook image which is claimed as original image and me the uploader are the same person as my name clearly mentioned as photographer in the Facebook post image except one user who is constantly giving negative message on my post without any reason. The other admins clearly stated to keep the image. So I thought of removing the delete notices as there are several months without any further discussion. As this image is associated with a very important place and is used in important wiki article. so that so thought of showing deletion nomination message can be misleading to user,

There are many of my images are wrongly getting attributed for deletion and deletion message is posted by a user on my different uploaded images. This type of situation is demotivating me

File:Sri Sri Santoshi Mata Temple in Barjora.jpg

As you are a senior editor so thought of seeking your help shall wait for your valuable reply. Still my apology if my actions went against the Wikipedia rules. Thanks Mainakchatterjee.tech (talk) 15:56, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

@Mainakchatterjee.tech It does not matter what and where the image being used. As long as the deletion nomination discussion is not "closed", then the delete notice still applies. There is no timeframe. However, admins usually delete after seven days of tagging. Some take longer. Speedy requests of copyright violations and other vandalism would be deleted within minutes. Regarding the Midnapur image, despite an admin accepting your argument, the discussion is still not closed. You can read more about it here: Commons:Deletion policy#Regular deletion (and perhaps the whole page) -- DaxServer (talk) 16:09, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for reply, Mainakchatterjee.tech (talk) 16:13, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
Also, you can ask in the Help desk in case if you have any questions. There are a lot of people who can help you much better than I can. All the best! Please don't get demotivated. Sometimes, things take a while. -- DaxServer (talk) 16:13, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
@Mainakchatterjee.tech Pinging again in case you haven't see my second reply -- DaxServer (talk) 16:15, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for your valuable reply and support. It means a lot new Wikipedia users like us, Mainakchatterjee.tech (talk) 16:18, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

Untitled comment from Mx. Clarks

I believe some of my works are a Pakistani narrative and have no Sources?, Thank you DaxServer Mx. Clarks (talk) 15:32, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

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AAhap36 (talkcontribs) 06:21, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

@AAhap36 Aren't you supposed to notify @RMonish, who is the file uploader, and not me? -- DaxServer (talk) 08:41, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
I don't know why did you get the notification. I was notifying the uploader. Sorry from my side. AAhap36 (talkcontribs) 08:50, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
No problem :) -- DaxServer (talk) 08:52, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Image uploading problem

Hello Sir

Sir I have seen Such articles were Wikipedia editor uploading image which is not there own but with Adding sources they Uploading it ,That how I also done but I am Getting Copyright violence and removing it

Sir can you tell me how I can upload which not owned by me but for informational purpose I want to upload it

Sir Explain in simple language don't use technical language 🙏 Waiting for reply Thank you sir Pikachu 22222222 (talk) 13:21, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

File:DaxServer.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues.

Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Túrelio (talk) 12:46, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

File:Result count in Google Scholar in private window.png has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues.

Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

62.216.206.191 16:55, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

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Headlock0225 (talk) 17:07, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

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Sbb1413 (he) (talkcontribs) 14:08, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

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Yann (talk) 20:20, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

File:Allahabad term vs Prayagraj term vs Prayagraj city Google Trends 2004 - Sept 2021.png has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

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Yann (talk) 20:20, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

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Yann (talk) 20:20, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

Deletion of images

Why you're targetiing all of my previous creations, all those images are of person themselves. And no copyright protected. I'm not using them on any unrealted page, so kindly remove the deletion. It makes bad impact on my contributions and their profile. IVickyChoudhary (talk) 18:55, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

@IVickyChoudhary As written on the respective pages, you have to provide evidence that you have the respective license for the files. Please follow the links and send an email with the evidence -- DaxServer (talk) 18:58, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
How Can I get the license if I'm contributing on wikipedia in public interest? Kindly guide me on this. IVickyChoudhary (talk) 19:22, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
@IVickyChoudhary Do you own those images, like did you take those pictures yourself or someone you know? Or did you download them from the internet? -- DaxServer (talk) 19:37, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
I don't have contact with them, how can I take ? It's downloaded from their own website (sudipito sen) and other's from internet. IVickyChoudhary (talk) 19:41, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations! Task 3 was approved. EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:10, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks @EugeneZelenko -- DaxServer (talk) 14:31, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi! I noticed that you move lots of files from te.wikipedia to Commons and that is great. I noticed that the Category:Unidentified subjects in India is removed during transfer. Do you remove it or is it removed by FileImporter?

I added it to the files on Wikipedia to make sure that files from te.wikipedia was not left totally without categories when transferred to Commons.

Some of the files may not be related to India but I think there is a good chance that they are and also if the description is in local language there is a better chance to find someone who understand the language if they are from India. --MGA73 (talk) 13:32, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi @MGA73 I'm removing them manually and adding the uncat template. Do you rather prefer if I left it as Unidentified sub. category instead? -- DaxServer (talk) 13:47, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
Hello! If the file is related to India I think it is better to leave the category. But if it is not related to India the uncat template is better. Or you could change the category to whatever country instead of India. --MGA73 (talk) 13:52, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
Sure, thanks for the note! -- DaxServer (talk) 14:19, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

WhyWhy79's uploads

hi! why do you question the permission of all uploads from this user? RZuo (talk) 11:00, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi. I could not immediately determine if the user is the owner or has the rights for the license. -- DaxServer (talk) 11:03, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
you should justify how there might be "com:significant doubt". RZuo (talk) 11:24, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
I could not determine the rights to license as Exif data was absent -- DaxServer (talk) 11:27, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
now i notice that you have done the same for more users' uploads, e.g. User:Shyam sundar maccha.
please revert all your unjustified "no permission" tags. RZuo (talk) 11:48, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
Could you tell which files? -- DaxServer (talk) 13:34, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
Hi. I'll give you one example: you tagged File:Dollarstore Hultsfred.jpg. Why? It was uploaded as own work and had a license and nothing suspicious was found with Google Lens. File was detouched. Missing Exif data might draw attention and/or arouse suspicion, but it is not automatically a sign of missing permission or copyright infringement. The is a short discussion in Finnish language Village Pump a.k.a. Kahvihuone about that photo: Commons:Kahvihuone#Kahdesta kuvasta. Some editors delete Exif data only because of privacy reasons. I think your nomination was unjustifiable. If there is nothing else I thikk missing Exif is not enough.--Htm (talk) 07:46, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi. When doing a CV nomination it is really useful for the deleting admin to see that link in the nominating request. Helps to double check, and it appears in the deletion summary, so if anyone really wishes to go and see it, or consider fair use at the wikipedia, they then can. If you would be able to paste it in, it would be a great help. Thanks.  — billinghurst sDrewth 03:33, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the note. I'll paste that link;) -- DaxServer (talk) 08:37, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

The Darshan sockmaster

FYI. Abecedare (talk) 04:04, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

👍 -- DaxServer (talk) 19:32, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

empty description

Otherwise empty descriptions seem to create a few problems [2][3][4][5]. Maybe this is sufficient to track them. I fixed all it found. Enhancing999 (talk) 11:54, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the headsup. I updated the regex pattern. Let me know if you find other errors. I'll keep an eye on that parsing error category ;) -- DaxServer (talk) 13:11, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
It seems to go quite smoothly, but there seem to be ever more than I first thought. I made a category for potential problems: [6]. Enhancing999 (talk) 14:12, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

BotRequest

Re. -"I, "

Hi Dax, thank you for the message that you want to do the cleanup of these typo's, which seem to be leftovers from image transfers from wikipedia's to commons around 2007/2008 ... I think we can savely ignore a lot of the discussion that really belongs in the template discussion page, where all the confusion and messing comes from in the fist place. Because this case is just about fixing a bunch of typo's not about new legalistic approaches or statements. But since it in the official license chapter, I won't touch this on this massive scale, 23k items. If you agree, I would be happy to see these typo's fixed. Thanks Peli (talk) 22:57, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Pelikana I do wish there is a consensus but it seems we have to wait a bit longer than anticipated! -- DaxServer (talk) 08:40, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
Hello, yes I see. And now I also doubt a bit about touching these PD licenses at all, (where the authors in later days probably would have used cc-by-sa) It's a small typo error, that i can live with, and would be just a cosmetic fix after all. Peli (talk) 08:48, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Stray text

Just noticed that some files have a the template text all over: [7]. I can try to find and fix them after the bot run. Enhancing999 (talk) 10:48, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! The text is messing up the regex. Hopefully they're manageably low in numbers for manual corrections! -- DaxServer (talk) 10:51, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
They do seem rare: I found them looking for "please" in the source [8] (a few other image titles and other notes remain). Enhancing999 (talk) 10:54, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
The notices seem mostly gone by now: thanks for that! Creator template could still be added to ca. 8700 files. Do you plan to do that? Enhancing999 (talk) 11:00, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
Yup, I'll do that after the weekend ;) -- DaxServer (talk) 11:22, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
@Enhancing999 I started it now -- DaxServer (talk) 10:16, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

File:Marlboro Advance Perforated Holes Filter (India).png

This file is a copyright violation because it comes from: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/evmn66/til_that_light_cigarettes_are_designed_to_fool

The said reddit post has a URL of the Wiki page on which this image was placed, and reddit crawled wiki to read that image, not vice-versa.

Request you to please indulge in deletion with diligence so that to avoid deleting valid images and wasting time of editors in restoring them. Thank you, User4edits (talk) 05:19, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Congratulations! It has bot status now. EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:27, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! -- DaxServer (talk) 14:54, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Category discussion warning

Kumar Gandharva Shankara has been listed at Commons:Categories for discussion so that the community can discuss ways in which it should be changed. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

If you created this category, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for discussion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it. If the category is up for deletion because it has been superseded, consider the notion that although the category may be deleted, your hard work (which we all greatly appreciate) lives on in the new category.

In all cases, please do not take the category discussion personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!



 ∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 19:42, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Question

Hello Dax! Below I have a question/request, but I would like to know if is even feasible to be done:

Brazil's Superior Electoral Court has an enormous CC-4.0 electoral database of candidates portraits for the Voting Machine dating from 2004 till now. @Pfcab: has made an enormous job of uploading a large chunk (as of right now, there are 14 736 files in Category:Files from Portal de Dados Abertos do TSE, but there's still a lot more to go). The JPEG database has images of candidates for Presidency, Governor, Senators, Deputies (State and Federal level), Mayor, Council people, Vice-Presidency, Vice-Governor and Vice-Mayor. This deletion request closed as keep, while considering that those images are in scope for Commons.

I wonder: it would be possible for a/your bot to upload these files while naming each one like File:2020 LUIZ MARINHO CANDIDATO PREFEITO SP SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO TSE (250000897682).jpg (YEAR - CANDIDATE - STATE - CITY - TSE - IMAGE ID)? @Sailoratlantis: did a long exposition about this database here.

If the bot can't work with the .Zip files, the site divulgacandcontas.tse.jus.br has the biographical material (see here for example). Considering that the images are from the same database, the bot could recognize links like this one (23,7 kb jpg), the name of the candidate, title it as the example above, categorize it in the subcategories of Category:TSE electoral portraits by year and maybe in the subcategories of Category:Politicians of Brazil by party?

As a side request: there are several images uploaded with several styles of naming (as you may see here). The bot could fix and standardize everything, following the example above (created by Pfcab)? It would also be good to look for uploaded files from the same database, but that are missing the Template:TSE-Dados-Abertos and the category by year.

I don't know more about the technical stuff, but I hope that it was all useful. I only didn't make a work request because it seemed all of more complex than the Commons seems to allow. Thank you very much,

Erick Soares3 (talk) 23:24, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

On the Council people, deputies and senators, to avoid a bloated upload, I'm in favor of only uploading the elected people (the .CSV files from the Portal have all the data). Erick Soares3 (talk) 23:44, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Erick Soares3 Thanks for asking me. Let me look into that and I'll get back to you with my opinions -- DaxServer (talk) 09:09, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
@Erick Soares3 Here're my opinions, once the DR is closed and decided that the files are properly licensed.
The naming format is very much possible and easy as the info exists in the CSV files in the ZIP. It is also possible to categorize under TSE portraits by year and also under the by-party categories. I don't speak Portuguese, so it is not immediately clear which columns in which CSV refer to the political affiliation, but I assume the information is somewhere over there. If all the information provided in the divulgacandcontas.tse.jus.br portal exists in the dataset ZIPs, then it is much easier as we don't need to collect the information from that portal's API rather just download bunch of ZIP files and work on them. If not, there would be some sort of research required into their API and understand what is what.
For the existing files, standardising the naming format, templating like the TSE template, and categorizing is also possible once the information is collated as above, surely some sort of reconciling needs to be done one way or the other. I think it's better to do the renaming and updating after organizing the info so as to avoid any double work. Looking at that category, there seem to be colorization like this of the original - I guess one of the questions that need some answers, but these will come up once the work is started.
The dataset has a ton of biographical information about the candidates. Most of that belongs in Wikidata. So, I see this to be a cross-wiki project of very good value - where the uploads go here and bios go in Wikidata and are linked in the SDC. I'm not sure if there is an existing bot that is already working on this data Commons and/or Wikidata, but if not, it shouldn't be much of a hassle once someone takes up on the work.
All the images of candidates for all the offices stated above are in scope for Commons. I'd upload all, and not just the elected ones. I'd recommend posting this request at Commons:Batch uploading so that others can chime in as well. Do you know how much of the dataset @Pfcab is working on to upload? Just wondering if they planned to do all, then they might have already finished before I or someone else start working on your request. I am interested as well, altho I can only work as the time permits and help is provided with Portuguese. I'd also recommend posting at Wikidata, maybe the Project Chat, about the project and ask for help/opinions/comments. If you need any sort of help from me, feel free to ask.
Good luck! -- DaxServer (talk) 10:52, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
Hello Dax! Thank you very much!
  1. About the parties names, the data is under SG_PARTIDO (Party acronym) and NM_PARTIDO (Party full name);
  2. Pfcab is only working with the municipal elections: 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 (he's currently readying the upload of the 2024 data and later, 2008). To easy his workload, he's only working with the Mayor and Vice-Mayor candidates, excluding the Council people (since they don't usually receive Wikipedia articles, he doesn't see them as relevant, but as you said, they are in scope for Commons and Wikidata);
  3. On the deletion request, I think that it is only a matter of some adm closing it as keep, since the licensing is already solved;
  4. So, in the batch upload request, I only need to suggest the divulgcand website? At first, I was confused because I had to tell about the TSE Database (with the .zip files) and the divulgcand - but for the request, only one is possible.
  5. I will look into the Wikidata option! I was also thinking about turning the Category:Files from Portal de Dados Abertos do TSE into a meta category, so the files are subcategorized by year or even "by year, by state". I think that it would be a better organizing, specially if the TSE template is changed for it.
Thank you again!
Erick Soares3 (talk) 11:37, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
Happy to help!
In the batch upload request, I'd recommend to specify all options possible - like alternatives. One or multiple or all can be picked up based on how the work is carried out. Someone might prefer to work with the CSV dumps rather than API while some others the opposite and some both.
For example, at Commons:Batch uploading/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual Library, CONTENTdm was initially suggested for the work. I later discovered IIIF installation and documented it. A few discussions later, I ended up using CONTENTdm as JPEGs are being uploaded. If TIFFs are to be uploaded, I'd have used IIIF.
I think in the end, it would be best to document the possibilities and decide which ever route works, of course need not to say that they'll have to be properly licensed. Hope that helps. -- DaxServer (talk) 11:58, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
@DaxServer Hi! I have personally uploaded 13808 images for Mayor and Deputy Mayor candidates for municipalities with over 100k residents, as these are the notability criteria on ptWikipedia and was my main goal when first uploading these images. At the momente I've only uploaded the images for 2004, 2012, 2016 and 2020. Therefore, it only covers a small portion of the data and images available. I have the list of file names I've personally uploaded which may help with the reconciling process. There are also many other images uploaded by other users already available on Commons. I've also documented some of these images (using the criteria explained above) using SHA1 hash query with the Mediawiki API. I'm currently running a script to check for ALL 2024 images available as of 2024/09/03. I don't know if there is a faster way to do find if an image has already been uploaded to Commons, as they are all uploaded with different names and may or may not be in the appropriate categories.
I'm willing to help the efforts as I already have familiarity with the data, but I don't have that much experience with Commons and (especially) Wikidata. Here are some points I've realized about the data:
  • The .zip for images from 2008 elections are currently unusable. Each .zip is supposed to include only candidates for an specific State, but for 2008 there was some mixup and each .zip has images from multiple different States. I belive this happend because the images are only named by the ID of the candidate each candidate does not have an unique ID. For example, Candidate A is running for mayor in a city on the state of Rio de Janeiro and Candidate B is running for mayor in a city on the state of São Paulo. They both share the same ID, so if you check the RJ.zip and the SP.zip you will find the images for both candidates. I've already contacted TSE about this issue and they responded saying the problem will be fixed, but did not give any estimate of time to do so. I belive it may be possible to circumvent this problem using the divulgacandcontas.tse.jus.br portal as the source instead of the .zip file. The 2004, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 .zip files are all correct, but i don't know the status for 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 or 2022.
  • The .csv files that accompanies have a lot of interesting information for each candidate, here are some of the fields I find relevant and what they represent:
    • NM_UE: Name of the municipality where the candidate is running for office.
    • SG_UE: Numerical ID for the municipality where the candidate is running for office. (I'm not sure if this remains the same from election to election)
    • SG_UF: Two letter code for the State which the municipality is a part of. (I can provide .json file that maps each two letter code to the full name of the State)
    • CD_CARGO: Numerical ID indicating the office the candidate in runninig for. (mayor = 11, deputy mayor = 12, city council member = 13)
    • DS_CARGO: Name of the office the candidate in runninig for (mayor: prefeito, deputy mayor: vice-prefeito, city council member: vereador)
    • SQ_CANDIDATO: Unique identifier for each candidate (Used to name the image files)
    • NR_CANDIDATO: Electoral number of the candidate, is the number you type into the voting machine to select and vote for the candidate.
    • NM_CANDIDATO: Full goverment name of the candidate.
    • NM_URNA_CANDIDATO: Name that appeas on the eletronic voting machine when voting (Usually shorter or nick-names, see the current president which goes by Lula)
    • NM_SOCIAL_CANDIDATO: Social name for trans candidates, see goverment page for an explenation. (Usually left null)
    • NM_PARTIDO: Full name of the party the candidate is a part of. (These may change with each election, as people change partys)
    • SG_PARTIDO: Shortend name (usually an accronym) of the party the candidate is a part of. (I can provide .json file that maps each name to the correct category on Commons)
    • CD_NACIONALIDADE: Numerical ID indicating the candidate nationality (native brazillian= 1, naturalized brazillian = 2)
    • DS_NACIONALIDADE: Description of the nationality (brasileira nata = native brazillian, brasileira (naturalizada) = naturalized brazillian)
    • SG_UF_NASCIMENTO: Two letter code for the State where the candidate was born.
    • NM_MUNICIPIO_NASCIMENTO: Name of the municipality where the candidate was born.
    • DT_NASCIMENTO: Date of birth
    • DS_GENERO: Gender
    • DS_GRAU_INSTRUCAO: Highest level of education achieved
    • DS_COR_RACA: Race (white, black, etc)
    • DS_OCUPACAO: Job/Occupation (these can range from very specific to pretty generic)
    • DS_SIT_TOT_TURNO: Whether the candidate was elected or not.
  • All .csv files use "Latin-1" encoding.
  • The data on these csv files is very very very dirty, with typos, missing accents etc. It may take a lot of cleaning up to get it all corrected.
Cheers.
Pfcab (talk) 14:43, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
Batch request: Commons:Batch uploading/Files from Portal de Dados Abertos do TSE. Erick Soares3 (talk) 15:40, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
@DaxServer I have mistakenly asked the creator of this discussion to see what he thinks (I didn't noticed it was created by him). He said that the licensing issues have already been fixed. Erick Soares3 (talk) 11:47, 5 September 2024 (UTC)