User talk:Elli

File names

@Elli: Hello, thanks for renaming, could you please also rename all the files in the Category:Columns of Gediminas which only has a text "Kalumny"? Because Kalumny simply means Columns and these are not some ordinary columns, but the Columns of the Gediminids (Gediminas), therefore I think that all texts of "Kalumny" in the files names should be replaced with "Columns of the Gediminids (Gediminas)"? -- Pofka (talk) 18:41, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Pofka: sure thing, can you tag the specified files for renaming to the name you would like (I think criteria 2 is appropriate - ambiguous name) and the post the list to my talkpage? Elli (talk) 18:42, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Elli: Sure, here is the list: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40. Thanks in advance. -- Pofka (talk) 19:06, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Pofka: awesome, I'll get to renaming shortly. Though, I'm slightly concerned about some of these - one like File:Kalumny. Калюмны (P. Böse, 1742).jpg seems quite reasonable, since there's not a lot of context, but one like File:Jury Narymontavič, Pahonia-Kalumny. Юры Нарымонтавіч, Пагоня-Калюмны (1709).jpg already has a name that seems like it'd pretty descriptive, so I'm not sure if a rename is necessary there. Thoughts? Elli (talk) 19:14, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Elli: I believe it is necessary because Kalumny (Columns) really means nothing and it is important that these are the Columns of the Gediminids (Gediminas), not something else. See: Columns of Gediminas. It is a Lithuanian dynasty sign. -- Pofka (talk) 19:17, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Pofka: would you mind if I removed the "(Gediminas)" (and just did "Columns of the Gediminas") to avoid redundancy, and be consistent with the category? (promise this is the last question) Elli (talk) 19:24, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Elli: Both names: Columns of the Gediminids and Columns of Gediminas are widely used. The English Wikipedia article is named as Columns of Gediminas, while the Columns of the Gediminids is a redirect page. Gediminas is a dynasty's founder name, while Gediminids is the name of the dynasty. As a result, I think both of them fits, especially when it is only a short version "(Gediminas)", not "(Columns of Gediminas)" in the brackets. -- Pofka (talk) 19:28, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Pofka: sure, I just don't see the reason to include both - it's more concise to just do one. And that's what we do elsewhere. Elli (talk) 19:45, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Elli: Okey, then simply rename them to just "Columns of Gediminas" because such name will be equal to the English Wikipedia article of Columns of Gediminas and Commons file category: Category:Columns of Gediminas. Keep in mind that "the Gediminas" is not necessary because it is a name of Grand Duke Gediminas. -- Pofka (talk) 20:01, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Pofka: think I got 'em all - let me know if you ever need my help again! Elli (talk) 20:19, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Elli: Thanks for your help! :) -- Pofka (talk) 20:23, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Changing the Belarusian filenames to English

Hello. I noticed that you have changed several Belarusian filenames to English providing the wrong reason: Criterion 2 (meaningless or ambiguous name). Actually, Belarusian Latin Kalumny corresponds to Belarusian Cyrillic Калюмны, so the provided criterion can not be applied — all the names were in Belarusian, not in both English and Belarusian. Could you please revert all these renaming? --Kazimier Lachnovič (talk) 20:29, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Kazimier Lachnovič: please see directly above - the goal was not to change from Belarusian to English, but to clarify the meaning. I'd be happy to move them to another set of names, though (and am kinda regretting touching these, tbh) Elli (talk) 20:31, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

No, Kalumny means just Columns. And these are not just Columns, but the Columns of Gediminas. Therefore there are absolutely no reasons to revert these renamings as these files were renamed according to the Commons category name and article name in the English Wikipedia (as it was mentioned in the previous discussion with Elli above). -- Pofka (talk) 20:35, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

It seems like in Belarusian, Калюмны does indeed refer to these columns particularly - I guess they were quite significant? Unsure of what to do here but I think it's important to get some form of consensus. I'll be happy to revert these though I don't wanna move too hastily and cause more of a mess. Elli (talk) 20:37, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

According to the interwiki linking Belarusian be-tarask:Калюмны (Belarusian Latin: Kalumny) clearly corresponds to en:Columns of Gediminas, so there was no real need to clarify the meaning. Unfortunately, the user who requested the renaming has no knowledge in Belarusian. Maybe, that's why this misunderstanding happened. The initial image name set is the best choice for Belarusian language. If you can't return it by yourself, could you please ask another user who can do it? --Kazimier Lachnovič (talk) 20:46, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Kazimier Lachnovič: I can and will do so, I would just like to see this resolved with agreement between all of us before making another move. Elli (talk) 20:47, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Elli, you are absolutely right. He is just writing some kind of non-senses. Columns might be of buildings, etc., but these are the Columns of Gediminas. You have done everything properly and there is no need to revert anything. See name of the category. Kalumny from Belarusian translates to Columns. That's it. So there are no problems with these renaming. Imagine if the article of Columns of Gediminas would be named as Kalumny or Columns. That would be a complete non-sense. By the way, this symbol is related with Lithuania and Lithuanian dynasty, not to Belarus. -- Pofka (talk) 20:40, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

It is in w:be-tarask:Калюмны, only with parenthetical disambiguation at w:be:Калюмны (герб), implying that "Калюмны" is the ideal title. Elli (talk) 20:45, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

True. It is also clear from the interwiki linking that en:Column is translated to Belarusian as be-tarask:Калёна (Belarusian Latin: Kalona, plural Kalony, not Kalumny). --Kazimier Lachnovič (talk) 20:52, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

It certainly seems like you are right here. I will be away for approx 1.5-2.5 hours starting now (sorry, have to do something off of the website). Following that, I'll move the files back to their original locations, unless there is a convincing reason not to. I am very sorry for the inconvenience this caused. I did try to verify with other people I knew who spoke similar languages that this was a reasonable move, but this sadly did not work effectively (I did not personally know any Belarus speakers). There is no need to request someone else to undo the move, this will be fixed within a few hours. Elli (talk) 20:54, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

It's Ok. No need to hurry. If you have any questions, I will be happy to answer. Good to find one more reasonable person in the Wikimedia Commons. By the way, as a native speaker of Belarusian, I will gladly help you in the future to verify any move regarding files named in Belarusian. --Kazimier Lachnovič (talk) 21:12, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Elli: See: Columns of Gediminas (English Wikipedia), Gediminaičių stulpai (Lithuanian Wikipedia), Gediminassäulen (German Wikipedia), Kolonoj de la Gediminidoj (Esperanto Wikipedia), Colonne di Gediminas (Italian Wikipedia), Ģediminaišu stabi (Latvian Wikipedia), Słupy Giedymina (Polish Wikipedia). We must include Gediminas or Gediminids in its name because it is not clear what kind of columns are these. There are no reasons why non-full Belarusian name should be authoritative version. By the way, the full name is Коломны Гедимина in Belarusian, but there are no reasons why we should rename Lithuanian dynasty coat of arms names from English to Belarusian. Keep it as it is. Kazimier Lachnovič is known for anti-Lithuanian edit warring and edits (see edit warring at: Pahonia, which was locked multiple times). PLEASE KEEP IT AS IT IS, because that's the name of the category in Commons. Why they should be named as those in the category of Category:Columns when it is a Lithuanian dynastic sign? This English name is the most frequently used name online: Columns of Gediminas (232 000 results in Google search). Please do not perform anti-Lithuanian actions by request of a Belarusian. Kazimier has been humiliating Lithuanians for over a year (or even more), for example, see these edits here: 1, 2, 3. He now speaks politely just to convince you, but his ordinary lexicon is calling Lithuanians as rubbish. -- Pofka (talk) 20:57, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Коломны Гедимина has nothing in common with Belarusian. It's pretty clear that you don't know Belarusian, because the Belarusian name of Gediminas is Гедзімін, not Гедимин. I should also notice that the name Калюмны (without any additions) is provided for the coat of arms in the Encyclopedia of the Grand Duchy of Lithuanian (Vol. 2, P. 21), published by the National Academy of Belarus in 2007. About everything else (which is not true or torn out of context) — it looks like you are just trying to get revenge for your failed attempts to haunt me and another user (Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive 84#Edit warring, censorship, acts of humiliation by users Kazimier Lachnovič and Лобачев Владимир and Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive 84#Purposeful edit warring performed by user Kazimier Lachnovič (new incident)). --Kazimier Lachnovič (talk) 21:31, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

And one more remark. I've already provided the opinions of en:Timothy D. Snyder [1] as well as en:Alfredas Bumblauskas [2] that the heritage of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania belongs to Belarusians as well. And your respond [3] was about listening Gediminas instead. No wonder that your attempt to haunt me was failed again. --Kazimier Lachnovič (talk) 21:58, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Kazimier Lachnovič: I believe I have reverted all of the moves now, as well as repointed most of the links back to the old file names. I'd like to stay out of this dispute going forward but I am very disappointed in Pofka here - controversial renames should not be passed off without discussion. I try to assume good faith here, but in the future I will be much more suspicious of such requests, and shall I have any more Belarusian-related questions, I'll try to remember to contact you. Again, sorry for any such inconvenience. Elli (talk) 22:45, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for understanding. I totally agree about controversial renames. There are quite a lot of files, so it is easy to miss some. I found just one [4] not reverted, could you please revert it as well? --Kazimier Lachnovič (talk) 09:48, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

@Kazimier Lachnovič: done. Elli (talk) 15:02, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

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Image set -- Hunts of Maximilian

Hi! I'm rather new in commons, can you explain me what's wrong with wy rename request in Category:Hunts_of_Maximilian_-_Louvre_series?

My idea was to select 12 best images for 12 tapestries in this serie to 1) show which images are to use if you don't want to browse the whole category searching for the whole set (I spend more than hour doing this, I want to capitalise on this knowledge to help others), and 2) to show the correct order of tapestries in the original set (starting from march to february).

I'm perfectly aware that authors are different and resolutions are different. I was in Louvre recently to took pictures of these tapestries to replace then low-res / out of focus images with my pictures. I thought this will bi the best way to update all Wikies using low-res images without manually editing every of them.

Thanks :-) --Green fr (talk) 09:14, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

@Green fr: thanks for your comment. Image sets are actually quite a narrow definition on Commons - either for things used in templates (which these are not), or things that are unambiguously set-like (mainly, pages of books). I think it would be reasonable to do the rename, for the reason you mentioned, but your request wasn't clearly explained (also, generally more cautious about renaming files that are already in use in many places, that tends to cause more frustration among some). Elli (talk) 12:55, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Perfect, thank you! Next time I'll try to be more prolific when describing request :-) So I have nothing else to do, just to wait for name changing, you will do it? --Green fr (talk) 13:10, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

@Green fr: I'm kinda busy right now, but if you re-request I can probably get to it at some point. Elli (talk) 13:12, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

2020 NC US Senate race

Hey! The map you created for the 2020 NC senate race between Tillis (R) and Cunningham (D) needs to be updated. Tillis actually won Martin County, not Cunningham. It's referenced correctly by the NYT source you used. —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 108.28.13.103 (talk) 21:07, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

Categories for discussion closures

I don’t mind that you closed some of these discussions but you could use a better rationale. Almost all categories are part of the larger category tree. If we used that obvious rationale, we might as well close all the category discussions (yes that is sarcasm) and go home. FredWalsh (talk) 17:05, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

@FredWalsh: sure, but those discussions were years old, and no one else agreed with changing. And "part of a larger category tree" means that the categories are analogous to other, larger ones - sure, maybe the "2011 XYZ" doesn't have a lot of items, but the "2012 XYZ" and "2013 XYZ" do. Elli (talk) 22:23, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

US Army Pacific - Organization 2019

Please see: File talk:US Army Pacific - Organization 2019.png and User talk:Noclador#Overwritten files. Thank you, Noclador (talk) 16:28, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

@Noclador: you're really supposed to upload as separate files - the year in the name makes it clear that it would be outdated, you can also mention that in the description. Elli (talk) 16:38, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

It's not outdated. It was missing units. The new version is complete. The 2019 version was incomplete. I will not let the incomplete 2019 remain uncorrected on wikipedia. I know the issue better than you. Kindly stop interfering in my work. Noclador (talk) 16:43, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

@Noclador: ah, I see. Please don't do this in the future, though. If you'd like a version to always be updated, tag it with {{Current}} when you upload it, and upload it at a name without the year in the title. Elli (talk) 16:48, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

thank you, to use the {{Current}} tag is very helpful suggestion. I overwrite files as military organization are difficult to research and when new information surfaces I overwrite the older incomplete version. However when a military does a major reorganization of its organization then I always created a new upload with the new organization and left the graphic with the old organization untouched. best regards, Noclador ( talk) 16:53, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Horus Heresy Names change

@Elli: Hi,Thank for editing these 2 pages:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graphique_Ordre_de_Lecture_H%C3%A9r%C3%A9sie_d%27Horus_-_Black_Librarium.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horus_Heresy_Spoiler-Free_Reading_Order.jpg

But i still can't upload newer version that are not anymore .jpg but.png

I keep getting the error message: "File extension ".jpg" does not match the detected MIME type of the file (image/png)."

Can you help me please ? Thanks, --Elonex777 (talk) 18:51, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

@Elonex777: hi, as they are a different file type, you need to upload as a new file. Elli (talk) 19:03, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

@Elli: Arf, i thought this could be done with administrator rights, if i knew i would not have asked for the renaming. Thanks :) --Elonex777 (talk) 19:05, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Alternate History Long deletions

@Elli: The reason why I did those wikiboxes was for alternate history. I see that on Reddit, alternatehistory.com, etc. And I wanted to make a wikibox. I know it was fake and you can delete them if you will, but in all honesty, I do not know an alternate to make a fake wikibox without using wiki sandbox. I am new to wiki so I may have made a rookie mistake. I think there is something about alternate history on this site and I wanted to give it a try. Delete them if you will they have little use. I just wanted to tell you that it isn't taken seriously and I understand if it wasn't necessary for me to do so. --Vinkouri ([[User talk:Vinkouri|Template:Int.Talkpagelinktext]]) 7:02, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

@Vinkouri: no worries, thanks for your comment. Can I recommend maybe going to a Wikifarm such as Miraheze? They can host a Wiki for you, to which you can upload files and create wikiboxes. Elli (talk) 23:08, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

Presidential Maps

@Elli I’m in some what of a dispute with another user over him editing presidential maps that are less geographically correct. To make them look cleaner in their opinion. I know you have been in a dispute with this person before over the 2020 United States Minnesota Senate Election Map when you were trying to make the lines more detailed.

I would like to know the best action to take against this user. Should I report him for vandalism or UserProblems. Pentock (talk) 18:01, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

@Pentock: yeah, reporting him to ANU, attempting to communicate, then reverting when he refuses to discuss tends to be the only way to deal with him. Elli (talk) 18:53, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

T-72 Tank memorial Stepanakert

Dear Elli, this monument is located in the city of Askeran in Artsakh, not in the city of Stepanakert. Askeran and Stepanakert are different cities. Why did you cancel the name change request?--Gardmanahay (talk) 18:48, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

@Gardmanahay: the FR4 criteria is very strict and said rename did not fall under it. That is a valid rename under FR3, though. Elli (talk) 02:22, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Renaming Firefox logos

@Elli: Hi there. I've realized that you've reverted some file rename requests. I want to explain that I am trying to rename many Firefox logo files so that the filenames are consistent in Category:Former_Mozilla_Firefox_logos and Category:Mozilla_Firefox_logos. I am renaming files to follow the format Firefox EDITION_NAME logo (OPTIONAL_VARIANT), YEAR.FILE_EXTENTION. I wasn't sure whether to keep the comma before the year. There were also a few files that had outdated names (e.g. "New Logo") that are now corrected. This is why I requested renaming files such as File:Mozilla_Firefox_logo_2009.png. This also helps links on https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q698 appear more organized. I hope this clarifies why I've made the requests. Please let me know if I am doing anything incorrectly. Thank you. Somerandomuser (talk) 20:56, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

@Elli: I realize that quite a few of my rename requests fall under item 1 of COM:FRNOT. I apologize for re-making the rename requests. Somerandomuser (talk) 20:29, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

@Somerandomuser: thanks - I'm really sorry btw, I meant to get to your message earlier but I've been kinda busy. Didn't mean to ignore you! Elli (talk) 02:01, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Elli: No need to worry! Everything is fine. I've been trying to organize some more Firefox logos recently. Somerandomuser (talk) 02:24, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

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Ohio special house election maps

Hi, Elli can you make svg maps of the primary results by county for the 11th and 15th Ohio special elections, please? Putitonamap98 (talk)

@Putitonamap98: I don't actually have the tool to convert congressional district shapefiles to SVGs on me right now, sorry. If you already have SVGs I could fill them for you. Elli (talk) 21:43, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Audio file corruption due to file name change

Hello@Elli: , Changing your file name caused the audio files to be corrupted, Please check the files quickly, here is an example of a damaged File:Mnw-အောန်စိုတ်.wav file, you still need help to repair this file, please help me.--咽頭べさ (talk) 06:15, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

@咽頭べさ: hi, thanks for your message. The transcode of the file needed to be reset, I did so and the file now works on my end. Try reloading your webpage and if that doesn't work, please let me know. Sorry for the inconvenience! Elli (talk) 06:39, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

@Elli: , all wav audio files are still corrupt and not yet available, Please check again, thanks.--咽頭べさ (talk) 07:12, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

@咽頭べさ: you can reset the transcodes of the files yourself using the buttons on the page - otherwise, they should come back automatically soon. Elli (talk) 07:14, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

@Elli: ,I tried many times, but I could not., since I am not an administrator, I do not think I have the authority to resolve this issue, I'm not good at using wikipedia, so there are problems, I would like to get your help to solve this problem, can you give me more help next time?.--咽頭べさ (talk) 07:34, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

@咽頭べさ: I'm not an administrator either. Go to the file page, then scroll near the bottom, and find and click the "reset transcode" link for Ogg Vorbis. Elli (talk) 07:41, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

This is actually a known issue when moving audio files on commons. It can take quite a lot of time for issues to be straightened out everywhere they're used. This is a good reason to be hesitant to moving audio files and I haven't been able to find any explenataion for the large amounts of renames that User:Olaf has requested. I think it would probably be a good idea to wait with further renames until he has responded to my questions about this on his talkpage. TommyG (talk) 12:49, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

@TommyG: I think his renames made sense - "Language-phrase.ext" seems to be a convention for that type of the file. Elli (talk) 13:09, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

Maybe, but Criterion 4 moves should really include some reference to what problem they are trying to solve. With renames as disruptive as these, there need to be a good reason to move them, f.ex if they are used in some sort of template which requires all files to be the same naming convention etc. TommyG (talk) 13:19, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

@TommyG: fair, that's usually the standard I apply - I do think these are beneficial though. A flaw in the mediawiki software is unfortunate though. I'll hold off on making any more of these moves until Olaf replies though. Elli (talk) 13:24, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

Absolutely, I agree that a mediawiki bug shouldn't be a deciding factor. I just wish people would help us file movers out with a bit more elaboration when adding file rename requests, especially this amount of renames :-) TommyG (talk) 13:31, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

@TommyG: oh, totally agree. An explanation makes me far more likely to rename a file - especially if in another language. Elli (talk) 13:55, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

@TommyG: For at least 15 years, there has been a standard of the file names inside Category:Pronunciation and its subcategories, except Lingua Libre categories. It's always the language code, minus sign, and the word which was pronounced. Check for example category:French pronunciation where 99% of filenames start with "Fr-". There is at least one bot (pl:wikt:user:Olafbot in Polish Wiktionary), which adds the audio files to corresponding Wiktionary pages, providing the names have this form. The only thing I did, was harmonizing the names, so they could match the general rule. I believe it perfectly fits the stated reason "To harmonize the names of a set of images so that only one part of all names differs". However, I wasn't aware of the Mediawiki bug. If the rename can destroy a file, then it's probably better to have a mess than empty audio files. Olaf (talk) 17:00, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

@Olaf: The file isn't completely broken - it just needs to have its transcodes regenerated. This can be done manually and I think if not it will happen after some amount of time. TommyG opinions? I think given the long-standing practice and use by a bot, these renames are reasonable. Elli (talk) 19:34, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

Sure, sounds like there's a fairly well established naming convention, so I have no further objections. It's probably a good idea if Olaf reviews the files after moving to see if any of them need to be transcoded again. TommyG (talk) 06:51, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

@TommyG: Ok, I can review the files after the rename. What should I do with the corrupted ones? How can I regenerate the transcodes? Perhaps I could use a bot to do this? Olaf (talk) 22:20, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

NC State Senate map source

@Elli: Hello there, I would like to know where do you make the map of the State Senate election results. Henry Eisenberg (talk) 15:07, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

@Henry Eisenberg: hi, assuming you're talking about this map, I only edited the original map uploaded by Jaydec02 with w:Inkscape. Elli (talk) 15:09, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

@Elli: , Hmm, alright then. Thank you. Henry Eisenberg (talk) 13:23, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

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Request to create a redirect

Thank you for renaming the file. Now, the old file name is used on this talk page. It would be convenient if you could keep the old filename as a redirect. Please create it as a redirect. Sincerely, Krorokeroro (talk) 00:53, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

@Krorokeroro: done. Pretty sure you can do this yourself in the future, though. Elli (talk) 01:12, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I appreciate you taking the time out of your busy schedule to create this. Yours sincerely, Krorokeroro (talk) 01:18, 24 May 2022 (UTC).

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Омарова 21 (talk) 08:59, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

where did you get the SVGs for the Michigan State Legislative maps

Im currently trying to find a map for the 2022 elections.

WeaponizingArchitecture (talk) 06:01, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

@WeaponizingArchitecture: which maps in particular are you referring to? Elli (talk) 06:17, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

File:Michigan_House_of_Representatives_Election_2020_-_Results_by_District.svg is an example. WeaponizingArchitecture (talk) 06:23, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

@WeaponizingArchitecture: I just modified one of the other maps that already existed in Category:Election maps of the Michigan House of Representatives. I could try to find the shapefiles and make a new map for this year, though. Elli (talk) 06:54, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

How do you find the shapefiles? WeaponizingArchitecture (talk) 13:12, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

2022 US House Elections Map

Fl-23 is not a Dem pickup, the article does not list it as such and neither does it claim that Indiana or Florida seats belonging to a Republican and Democrat that are currently vacant were pickups for either party, so Fl-23 should not be singled out incorrectly. This map must be in line with previous elections, which do not show vacancies won by the previous party as "pickups" because it's highly misleading considering it was not a new seat won by the party or a gain from the opposite party, it's just keeping the seat. Bill Williams (talk) 02:13, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

@Bill Williams: The Indiana seat isn't shown as a pickup because it was filled for the remainder of the congressional term by a simultaneous special election. The other Florida seat was picked up by Republicans but if Democrats won it it also would've been shown as a Democratic pickup.

Given that these seats are part of the seat change metric, they should also be shown as pickups on the map imo. But I won't fight you on this if you revert again, since previous maps don't show them so it makes more sense to get consensus to change this across all past elections. Elli (talk) 02:26, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

New maps shapes

Hey Elli i have been working really hard on converting the old maps to the new standard style but some guy at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sox589 has reverted them all back to old style without an explanation. can you please explain this to them? i now have to revert all the maps again, it will take awhile, ugh Putitonamap98 (talk) 01:32, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

@Putitonamap98: I appreciate your help on the map conversion! That account is likely a sockpuppet of TylerKutschbach and should be blocked soon. Elli (talk) 02:06, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

@Elli I really appreciate it, I worked for days on those new maps and this guy just came in removed them all in mass. I wouldn't be surprised if it was him please make sure his new account is blocked as soon as possible. I can't keep up with him but I am doing my best to revert them all back. Putitonamap98 (talk) 03:06, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

@Putitonamap98: yeah, it was just blocked now. Elli (talk) 03:13, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

@Elli this one is blocked https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Jones876

The other one I originally mentioned isn't

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sox589 Putitonamap98 (talk) 05:44, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Why are they doing this, is it just greifing? Gordfather69 (talk) 07:18, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Pretty much. They're annoyed that people disagree with them so they just repeatedly revert without discussing. They got blocked for doing this and now apparently hold a grudge. Elli (talk) 13:34, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

And he's made a third account https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?ilshowall=1&title=Special:ListFiles/Denver606

@Elli Definitely a sock puppet need to do something this is getting out of hand Putitonamap98 (talk) 00:44, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

The other account Sox589 is still not blocked either Putitonamap98 (talk) 00:48, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

@Elli @Gordfather69 New account

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Smith849 Putitonamap98 (talk) 23:13, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Seems to be already blocked. Elli (talk) 23:35, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

i know i reported him and his other he made immediately after getting blocked

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Irf3233r

just wanted to share his account pages so we go down the list and revert every map back to the standardized style again Putitonamap98 (talk) 00:03, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?ilshowall=1&title=Special:ListFiles/Yogurt513 47.223.90.202 13:09, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Footballfan458 47.223.90.202 22:13, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

Got another sockpuppet @Elli User:HoustonFootball, this is crazy, who is doing this and how do we stop future greifing Gordfather69 (talk) 02:30, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

No clue, really. Just have to keep getting them blocked and reverting. Elli (talk) 03:14, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

There has to be some recourse from administrators, this absolutely unacceptable. There has to be a way that we can lock frequently valdalized files (the puppets keep targeting Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Florida) Gordfather69 (talk) 19:36, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Also another puppet has appeared, User:Professor893 Gordfather69 (talk) 19:36, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?dir=prev&ilshowall=1&title=Special:ListFiles&user=Professor893 47.223.90.202 23:08, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Hey guys so i gave up on reverting the maps over and over and again and decided to just upload the new shapes to separate files and manually edit on the articles but now he has gone a step further and is actually got on english wiki and is rolling back the edits. this is getting way out of hand so i alerted the admins on english wiki and i am pushing to get the election articles he keeps targeting protected so he can't just make a new account and vandalize i suggest a extended protection to curb his actions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy#extended

please engage in the conversation i started on english wiki and let admins know this is very much needed for the time being

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Socketpuppet Putitonamap98 (talk) 22:17, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

it looks like he's back at again

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Ofrro3r Putitonamap98 (talk) 18:56, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/4334r3fg24t 47.223.90.202 20:33, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Ufrnljefr 47.223.90.202 21:30, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/4r%273lkr3rff 47.223.90.202 21:54, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

@Magog the Ogre: could you please take care of these four? I see you have a script to deal with them. Elli (talk) 17:57, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

 Done Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 01:02, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Elli (talk) 01:03, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Mite pics to rename

Hi! Just a quick request to rename this file, which is labelled "Clover Mite" but is of a red velvet mite. Comparison pics: Bryobia, Trombidiidae. (I don't know the genus so just leaving it at family level—but please let me know if you need more details.) Thanks! AcariCommons (talk) 19:56, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

@AcariCommons: Can you add the rename template? Elli (talk) 20:42, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Oh whoops, completely forgot! Fixed now. AcariCommons (talk) 21:26, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

@AcariCommons: renamed :) Elli (talk) 21:37, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks so much! Is it all right if I add future requests under this topic, too? AcariCommons (talk) 22:22, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Sure thing. Elli (talk) 22:40, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Please take this virtual kitten for everything good that you contribute to this project!

─ The Aafī (^talk) 07:03, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

@TheAafi: aww, thank you!! Elli (talk) 07:29, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

updating maps

@Elli dude i am sorry but i am not updating all the maps a second time. Do you know how long that took me? Can we just finally agree on a style and stick with it? I really don't want to go back in and keep updating these maps especially when it's just a very minor change i barely see a difference so the average reader likely isn't either. i was reluctant about even doing it the first place because i knew i would likely be the only few who were actually going to go in and update all these maps. Putitonamap98 (talk) 10:58, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

@Putitonamap98: You don't need to go back over and update the maps again. Since you've updated all of them to the same sort of map, it should be relatively easy to use a script to update them a second time.

Sorry about the confusion, btw. I would've preferred you not go in and mass-update hundreds/thousands of maps until we got a clearer consensus and agreement on what shapes to use, but I wasn't clear enough about that. I'm not expecting you to do more work to rectify this and I do appreciate what you've done. Elli (talk) 11:15, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

@Elli ok i didn't know we were still talking about them, it's been since late 2020 or 2021 i think but i thought since we labeled the new shapes under standard those were the ones we used. me and gordfather have already been updating the maps and have a majority of them changed now. i just wanted the maps to be consistent and i want to go ahead and get rid of the old ones with the really simplified shapes we had used for years.

but anyways a question about this script. how does it work exactly? does it only auto update all the maps with the same style including the really old ones? and does it also update election primary maps and referendums? And does it also take into account the historical boundary lines? as alot of the counties have changed through out the years. Putitonamap98 (talk) 13:40, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

@Putitonamap98: I haven't written the script yet, but it will consider all of those things (and likely only be semi-automated, as a way to reduce the amount of effort in updating the maps I will have to take). Elli (talk) 16:12, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Add Harshbarger, Mark Green, and Lance Gooden to this map pls

File:2024 United States presidential election Republican primary house endorsements.svg#mw-jump-to-license This one 2600:8807:BA0A:ED00:5CD4:31E9:3F07:C420 03:27, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Done :) Elli (talk) 03:42, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Map update

For the map here File:2024 United States presidential election Republican primary house endorsements.svg#mw-jump-to-license, Cammack and Clyde haven’t endorsed yet. However, Brecheen, Bilirakis, and Giménez all endorsed Trump. 2600:8807:BA0A:ED00:B9B5:E45C:D6C7:91E3 01:42, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Updated. Elli (talk) 02:28, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Update

Bob Good for DeSantis Andy Ogles for Trump File:2024 United States presidential election Republican primary house endorsements.svg#mw-jump-to-license 2.136.19.113 21:14, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Map Update time

@Elli Updates to this map File:2024 United States presidential election Republican primary house endorsements.svg#mw-jump-to-license

Trump: -Andy Ogles

DeSantis: -Bob Good

Declined to Endorse (should be Black color): -Tim Burchett -Ben Cline -Dan Crenshaw -Scott DesJarlais -Jeff Duncan -Neal Dunn -Tom Emmer -Randy Feenstra -Brad Finstad -Russ Fulcher -Michael Guest -Andy Harris -French Hill -David Kustoff -Mike Lawler -Zach Nunn -Scott Perry -Matt Rosendale -Steve Scalise -David Schweikert

thank you.

- 2600:8807:BA0A:ED00:A405:E2D0:CF21:C11D 19:44, 22 May 2023 (UTC)